Cambridgeshire Children's Physiotherapy Service
This specialist service is for children and young people living in Cambridgeshire. A referral is needed.
Contact us
You can contact our service Monday to Friday 8:30am to 4:30pm.
- Telephone number - 0300 029 50 50
- eec.therapyreferrals@nhs.net
- Referral forms and guidance
- If you live in Peterborough visit Peterborough Physiotherapy Service
Welcome to our service
We provide physiotherapy services for Children and Young People in Cambridgeshire with neurodevelopmental difficulties affecting how they move.
We work closely with colleagues in Children's Occupational Therapy, Children's Speech and Language Therapy and Community Paediatrics so that we can together provide the best all round support for children, young people and families.
Cambridgeshire Children’s Physiotherapy Service.
Helping your child reach their full potential.
Physiotherapy can help children and young people to move better, so they can be more independent and have a better quality of life.
We want to improve opportunities for children to develop and thrive such as playing with friends, accessing sports or enjoying hobbies.
After an assessment, the Physiotherapist will work with the children, young people and those who support them to set goals and develop an individual management plan.
To get the best results, physiotherapy needs to be part of every day life.
It’s what happens all day, every day that really counts!
At home, at school, at leisure.
We also assess for, advise on and provide suitable equipment like standing frames, walkers and sleep systems
The Physiotherapy department has two core teams, North and South.
The north team offer clinic appointments at the Oak Tree Centre in Huntingdon.
The south team offer clinic appointments at the Peacock Centre in Cambridge and Highfields Academy in Ely.
Both teams also see children and young people in other settings where it is indicated.
At home or in education settings such as school or nursery.
To access our Physiotherapy service you will need to be referred to us.
Find our referral form and further information online.
Internet search: “Cambs Physio Team’’ or you can call the team on 0300 029 50 50.
Physiotherapy can help children and young people to move better, so they can be more independent and have a better quality of life. We want to improve opportunities for children to develop and thrive such as playing with friends, accessing sports or enjoying hobbies.
After an assessment, a physiotherapist will work with the children, young people families and those who support them to set goals and develop an individual management plan.
To get the best results, physiotherapy needs to be part of every day life. It’s what happens all day, every day that really counts.
We also assess for, advise on and provide suitable equipment like standing frames, walkers and sleep systems.
Administrators are involved in a child or young person’s care across their time in the service; from the point of referral to the point of discharge.
Some of the areas they are involved in are: receiving the referral (for example, from doctors, schools, and health visitors); registering it onto our electronic records; managing the triage process (where advanced specialist physiotherapists will make sure that we are the correct service to be helping the child or young person) and arranging appointments (either virtually, on the telephone or in person).
The administration team will support any further referrals which need to be made, for example, to orthotics and lycra clinics or to other specialities and ensure reports and letters are sent out to the right people in a timely fashion.
They are often the first people you have contact with when you call with queries or to book appointments and will use their specialist knowledge of how the service works to help you or to signpost you to someone who can.
Children's physiotherapists work with children, young people, their family and others supporting them to maximise their level of physical functioning. Working primarily out of clinic settings. Where appropriate, we will visit schools and home to do specific pieces of work such as setting up equipment or training of school staff to undertake therapy programmes.
Therapy assistants in our team work across both the Children's Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy Service with children and young people from birth until they become adults.
In physiotherapy, they support the work of the children's physiotherapist in lots of different ways by:
- assisting in assessments/treatments
- ordering and adjusting equipment such as standing frames
- carrying out blocks of therapy
- checking how splints fit
- organising and attending assessments with equipment companies
Therapy assistants will sometimes work directly alongside the physiotherapist but may work with the children/young people independently, under the supervision and guidance of a physiotherapist.
The Physiotherapy department has 2 core teams, North and South.
- North team offer clinic appointments at the Oak Tree Centre in Huntingdon.
- South team offer clinic appointments at the Peacock Centre in Cambridge and Princess of Wales Hospital, Ely.
We mostly see children and young people in these bases but may see them at home or school when required.
Read our information about where the clinics are and where to park:
Princess of Wales Hospital, Ely
Children's Department, North Cambridgeshire Hospital, Wisbech
More information about our services
Want to help shape our physiotherapy service?
We are looking to work with local families to help improve our service. There is lots of exciting work to come. If this sounds like something you would be interested in, you can sign up using our online form.
Professionals - referral forms and guidance and training
Referrals will be considered from health, social care and education professionals. We unfortunately cannot consider self-referrals.
Our service sees children and young people with neurodevelopmental difficulties. We also see babies with obstetric brachial plexus lesions and head turning preference/torticollis (where true tightness is present).
Please note: Children and young people with musculoskeletal conditions are seen by children’s physiotherapy teams working for Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust and should be referred directly to these teams through ‘Choose and Book’. Orthotic provision for this group of CYP is delivered by clinics at Addenbrooke’s and Hinchingbrooke Hospitals
Please complete the referral form as fully as possible. If important information is missing, this will cause delays as we will not be able to reach a decision about the referral. Send completed referral forms to eec.therapyreferrals@nhs.net
Our service sees children and young people with neurodevelopmental difficulties. We also see babies with obstetric brachial plexus lesions and head turning preference/torticollis (where true tightness is present).
All referrals are triaged by Advanced Specialist Physiotherapists to determine whether physiotherapy is likely to be of benefit. If there is insufficient information in the referral to make a decision, the referrer may be contacted to provide more information before the referral is triaged. The referrer and the CYP/family will be directly informed of the outcome of this triaging process and whether the CYP has been accepted for physiotherapy support.
For children and young people with developmental delay please see our developmental delay referral guidance.
We request that all referrals are made using the Referral Form below and sent to the email address on the form. We request attempts are made to complete the form as fully as possible. This will help to avoid delays where we need to come back to referrers for more information in order to make a decision about the referral.
Musculoskeletal conditions are not seen by our Physiotherapy Service
Children and young people with musculoskeletal conditions are seen by children’s physiotherapy teams working for Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust and should be referred directly to these teams through ‘Choose and Book’.
Orthotic provision for this is delivered by clinics at Addenbrooke’s and Hinchingbrooke Hospitals.
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