When you are manufacturing a medical item that will enhance the quality of life for someone, it is important to get it right especially when it comes to footwear. We at Ken Hall have been manufacturing orthopaedic shoes for nearly 60 years and in our expert opinion to make a high quality, tailor made, durable pair of shoes you need good quality material. 
The issue today is that it is so easy to source a cheaper alternative when it comes to the raw materials that are used to make a pair of shoes. These low cost, sometimes imported, substitute materials do not last as long, are not tested and could end up being more of a hindrance to the wearer rather than an aid to help improve movement and alignment.
Further to this, many patients have found that as a result the orthopaedic footwear is not as forgiving and does not mould to the person’s feet. This could cause a number of issues and also not achieve what the shoes were prescribed to do in the first place, causing expensive additional adaptions, refits or in some cases completely new footwear to be prescribed.
At, Ken Hall we continue to manufacture orthopaedics shoes, boots, and sandals to the highest quality using locally sourced materials creating a sustainable supply chain where many of our suppliers are based locally.
Also, our products are completely manufactured in Great Britain as well as based in Northamptonshire, a region known for its rich heritage in shoe making.
Finally, together with our highly skilled workforce, locally sourced high quality durable materials and a traditional manufacturing method, they all come together to make the ideal partnership and as result an essential medical item that saves the NHS money and improves the wearers quality of life for years to come.
