Physiotherapy is the fourth largest healthcare profession in the world. It is a clinical specialty that assesses and treats problems with movement, dysfunction and pain. These can arise from musculoskeletal, neurological, respiratory and chronic disability conditions, or from mental illness and intellectual impairment.
The physiotherapy department provides a service to several different areas and specialities, including:
- Intensive Care and Acute Medical/Surgical Physiotherapy
- Orthopaedic elective and trauma Physiotherapy
- Neurological Rehabilitation
- Respiratory Outpatient Physiotherapy
- Hospital at Home Team
- Integrated Discharge Team
- Musculoskeletal Outpatient Physiotherapy
- Hydrotherapy
- Women’s and Men’s Health Outpatient Physiotherapy
- Elderly Care / Geriatric Medicine Physiotherapy
- Macmillan Cancer Physiotherapy Pathway
- Outpatient Paediatric Physiotherapy
- Vestibular Physiotherapy
- Chronic Pain / Persistent Pain Physiotherapy
- Advanced Practice Physiotherapy (Orthopaedic Triage Service)