Children's Physiotherapy Service

Our Children’s Community Physiotherapy Service is provided for children and young people with disorders or delays in their movement skills who will benefit from physiotherapy.

Children’s Community Physiotherapy Service is provided for children and young people with disorders or delays in their movement skills who will benefit from physiotherapy. Physiotherapy helps to develop (or re-gain) movement abilities and prevent or minimise long-term problems and can be summarised as the ‘medicine for movement’.

Physiotherapists provide assessments, therapy, practical advice, strategies and equipment to ensure children with physical needs are able to develop and achieve physically, academically, socially and emotionally, with support of family and carers, to reach their full potential. Physiotherapy staff work in a multi-agency context with partners in education and acute hospital trusts. The service is comprised of physiotherapists and support staff. Intervention is delivered in a variety of ways depending on the needs of the child and family; this may be through individual or group therapy, parent education sessions or the provision of equipment.

The aim of intervention is for the family and carers to be able to understand and self-manage the child’s condition and ongoing needs. It is not unusual for a child to have a number of phases of treatment throughout their childhood and they may be transferred back to the care of universal health visiting or school nursing and their GP during this time. As new needs emerge a referral can be made back to the service.

Referrals

Referral criteria

  • Children and young people from birth to age 16 (up to 19 years in statutory education) registered to GP practices in Leicester City, Leicestershire County and Rutland.
  • Children and young people attending schools within Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland if the physiotherapy therapy intervention needs to be delivered in the context of the curriculum.
  • Children and young people with significant functional; independence; sensory; movement or perceptual difficulties that can be changed through physiotherapy therapy intervention.

We see children with:

  • Developmental disorders or delays in their movement and gross motor skills
  • Neurological deficit
  • Acquired neurology
  • Neuromuscular deficit
  • Complex special needs that includes neurodevelopmental delay with complex physical disability equivalent to GMFSC III to V in CP

How to make a referral:

  • FYPC Single Point of Access referral form by post to: Leicestershire Partnership Trust, Bridge Park Plaza, Bridge Park Road, Thurmaston, Leicestershire, LE4 8PQ
  • By secure e-mail : fypc.referrals@nhs.net
  • SystmOne users can also refer using e-referral

Download the FYPC referral form here.

Referrers should include information about child’s developmental stage, as well as chronological age, to ensure the child is directed to a clinic appropriate for their ability.

Early Years Red Flags

Criteria exclusion

- Any young person over 16 who is not in full time education. - Young people with needs over the age of 19 years. - Patients who has a short-term acute illness and is expected to rapidly return to their former level of function and wellness. - Patients who have had surgical intervention for an acute need and is expected to rapidly return to their former level of function and wellness This service does not accept children and young people with the following conditions or diagnosis unless there is a significant overriding community issue that prevents them attending the usual commissioned pathway. - Sports Injuries - Primary orthopaedic injuries or disorders - Rheumatology - Mental Health including Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and ME - Torticollis and Talipes - Primary respiratory conditions eg. cystic fibrosis and asthma.

How to access this service

Access is by referral from a healthcare professional.

What conditions do you cover

Developmental disorders or delays in their movement and gross motor skills

Neurological deficit

Acquired neurology

Neuromuscular deficit

Complex special needs that includes neurodevelopmental delay with complex physical disability equivalent to GMFSC III to V in CP

Exclusion

• Any young person over 16 who is not in full time education.

• Young people with needs over the age of 19 years.

• Patients who has a short-term acute illness and is expected to rapidly return to their former level of function and wellness.

• Patients who has had surgical intervention for an acute need and is expected to rapidly return to their former level of function and wellness

This service does not accept children and young people with the following conditions or diagnosis unless there is a significant overriding community issue that prevents them attending the usual commissioned pathway.

• Sports Injuries

• Primary orthopaedic injuries or disorders.

• Rheumatology

• Mental Health including Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and ME

• Torticollis and Talipes

• Primary respiratory conditions e.g. cystic fibrosis and asthma.

Contact info

0116 295 2492

Referrals

  • education/teaching staff
  • GP
  • healthcare professional
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