Tim Flanagan graduated from Durham School of Podiatry in 1995. Working in the private sector had always appealed to Tim - working for himself and making his own decisions for patients and his future. During his time at Durham, he recalls only a small chunk of one lecture in the final year that was geared towards life outside the NHS. After qualification and later in 1995 he joined the NHS in Kent, worked as a Senior II Podiatrist, before being promoted just nine months later to a Senior I Specialist Biomechanics position. Tim started working privately in 1997, fitting the odd patient in during...