Extended Primary Care Team (Newham)

The East London Foundation Trust District Nursing Service supports adult patients who are housebound by providing nursing care in their own homes or through community-based clinics. The service includes:

• Support with management of long-term conditions (Diabetes, COPD)
• Wound and pressure ulcer care
• Palliative care
• Leg ulcer management
• Catheter care
• Assessment of equipment needs
• Advice on maintaining a healthy lifestyle

Occupational Therapy aims to promote a person's health and wellbeing through their everyday activities. It is a way of enabling a person to achieve as much as they can for themselves and get the most out of life. See our information leaflet. 

An Occupational Therapist can identify problem areas that a person may have in their everyday life and will help them to work out practical solutions.

Everyday activities can include:

• getting on/off a bed, chair or toilet
• washing, dressing and bathing
• managing steps and stairs
• getting in and out of their home
• domestic tasks such as making a meal
• leisure and work activities

How can we help
An Occupational Therapist will look at the activity the person is finding difficult and see if there is another way it can be completed safely.  This will be done by breaking the activity down into smaller steps and then practising them with the patient.

Occupational Therapy may involve changing the environment to make it suitable for a person's needs. An Occupational Therapist can also trial special tools or pieces of equipment that may make an activity more manageable.

Occupational Therapy input may include specialist equipment provision, minor adaptations and/or transfer aids, e.g. a mobile hoist, over-bed hoist, manual handling equipment.
    
EPCT Occupational Therapy Eligibility Criteria

• adult patients aged 18 years and above
• experiencing difficulties with activities of daily living as a direct result of a recent change in their physical health condition, e.g.hospital admission and/or acute illness
• requiring occupational therapy rehabilitation and motivated to engage in rehabilitation
• Newham resident

Referral guidance 
Appropriate referrals include:

• hospital discharges
• patient recovering from an acute illness and/or injury at home
• inter-team referral from EPCT physiotherapy or the district nursing team
• continuing Healthcare Funded patients
• palliative patients

Inappropriate referrals include:

• wheelchair assessments (refer to info@enabledlivinghealthcare.co.uk)
• major adaptations or equipment provision only (refer to Accessto.AdultsSocialCareTeam@newham.gov.uk)
• patients with a moderate to severe learning disability (refer to elt-tr.newhamLD@nhs.net)
• patients with a neurological diagnosis (refer to communityneuroservice.newham@nhs.net)
• replacement or repair of broken or faulty equipment (call Enabled Living Healthcare on 0203 373 2222)

Contact us 

Tel: 020 8709 5555
Email: elft.epct.spa@nhs.net 

Referral Criteria – Adults 18 years and above

All referrals to Extended Primary Care Services are via the Single Point of Access.

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