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Physiotherapy

Children's Physiotherapy Service

Rocking and Rolling

About us

The Children’s Physiotherapy Team provide a child-centred service to children who are registered with a Newham GP, under the age of 18, and who have a physical disability, condition or concern that impacts their development and functional daily activities at home or in school. 

Sometimes only one appointment is needed, and sometimes we are involved with the child until adulthood.

Collage of physiotherapy in action.

What We Do

Schools
Education, Health and Care Plans
Musculoskeletal
Equipment and Orthotics
Developmental Delay
Neurodisability

Referral

Referrals should be handed in person at West Ham Lane Centre or emailed securely to newhamcds@nhs.net, either using nhs.net email addresses or via other secure domains such as gcsx.gov.uk or egress secure email. 

Please note, new referrals are required even if your child was previously known to the service. 

Download Therapies and CDS Referral Form

Your child's first physiotherapy appointment will involve a thorough examination to establish how physiotherapy might be able to help. Initially, we will ask you various questions. You will be asked about your child's development, any medication they may be taking, how they are managing at school, their abilities and difficulties, any pain there are suffering from. Your child will be involved as much as possible in these discussions.

Your child will then need to be appropriately undressed for the physical examination. This is important in order to check ranges of movements and see how your child moves. They may prefer to wear shorts.

Once the physiotherapist has assessed your child, they will discuss their findings with you and together establish a plan for your child's treatment if this is required. This may include what we can do to help you and what you and your child can do at home to continue the treatment. You will always have the opportunity to discuss any concerns or questions you may have.

Meet the physio team

 

Here at SCYPS Physiotherapy, we strive to bring our core values into every interaction. This means treating every individual and every situation with care, respect and integrity.

Compliments or Complaints

We are committed to improve our user experience and really would like to hear from you if you have any comments on suggestions you would like to share with us. 

If you would like to provide feedback in relation to your experience with our service or an individual Physiotherapist, you can do so by completing this short survey.


If you would like to make a complaint about the service, you can contact the Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS):

Read some of the comments from our Parents....

You Said: It would be great to have some sessions after school to avoid my child missing class.

We did: We now offer 4pm appointments when appropriate -particularly for group sessions or GCSE/A-Level students.

 

You said: My child would benefit from more engaging age appropriate activities

We did: We now offer sessions using our Nintendo Wii when deemed clinically appropriate

 

You said: It would be nice to have a space to ask questions when my child first started using a standing frame.

We did: We have started a standing frame clinic aimed at children and families starting their first standing frame.

 

Resources

Partners

The physiotherapy department works within a larger Specialist Children's and Young People's Services. Our external professional partners within Health, Social Care and Education include the following:

Health

Social Care 

Education 

Newham Activities

London Borough of Newham (LBN) has a variety of activities available for children of all ages and abilities. 

These can be found on the LBN website or alternatively on our activities leaflets. Please feel free to discuss this with your physiotherapist if you feel like your child may benefit from these.

Address

West Ham Lane Health Centre
84 West Ham Lane,
London E15 4PT

Phone

020 8586 6480

Email

elft.children.physiotherapy@nhs.net