A-Z of Services

Physiotherapy

  • Service Contact: 020 8401 6839 ch-tr.physioadmin@nhs.net
  • Address: Croydon University Hospital 530 London Road, Croydon, CR7 7YE

Consultants

Physiotherapists assess, diagnose, treat and manage long-term conditions, help promote and maintain general health, prevent disease, and enable people to remain mobile.

The team is made up of over 70 members working who provide services to patients of all ages across wards of the hospital and in the outpatient departments based at both Croydon University Hospital and Purley War Memorial Hospital.

In addition, there are around 40 community physiotherapy staff who provide outpatient care for musculoskeletal conditions in seven clinics across Croydon.

Integrated services

Physiotherapists work closely with all members of the wider healthcare team such as, ward nurses, occupational therapists, discharge co-ordinators and podiatrists. In addition, therapy colleagues in intermediate care and colleagues in social care (such as care managers) also provide support.

The service supports patients following a serious medical episode that required a hospital admission.  This includes medicine & surgery, acute medical unit (AMU), intensive care unit, vascular, orthopaedic and paediatric cases.  

Physiotherapists also work in specialist outpatient teams, such as cardiac rehabilitation and pulmonary rehabilitation.

Rehabilitation 

The inpatient physiotherapy team form part of a well-established multi-disciplinary team working on the elderly care wards.  The Howell Assessment and Rehabilitation Unit (HARU) specialise in the management of conditions, which mostly affect older people. The common conditions are stroke, falls and Parkinson’s disease. HARU also runs balance exercise groups for outpatients. 

There are also two inpatient neurology teams who see all adult neurological patients throughout the hospital, except those on the Elderly Care wards providing physiotherapy for patients with a wide range of neurological conditions such as Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinsons, Motor Neurone Disease, Guillain Barre Syndrome and post stroke complications.

Both teams have clinical expertise in using adjuncts such as Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) and splinting.

There is also an outpatient neuro-physiotherapy team.

Hydrotherapy

The evening sessions in the hydrotherapy pool are provided by Croydon Therapy Clinics. 

Queries regarding the hydrotherapy services should be directed to the 24 hour answerphone service on 020 8401 3895.

How to refer

To refer patients for physiotherapy service see community integrated musculoskeletal service (CIMS).

Contact information

The team welcomes professional liaison.

Physiotherapy department

Croydon University Hospital

530 London Road

Croydon

CR7 7YE

Tel: 020 8401 6839 (Adult)

Tel - 020 8401 4261 (Children's physiotherapy)

Fax - 020 8401 6829 (Adult)

Fax - 020 8401 3490 (Children's physiotherapy)

Domiciliary physiotherapy

Adult Domiciliary Physiotherapy Service provides physiotherapy service for patients unable to be seen as an outpatient  

Service overview

The Domiciliary Physiotherapy Service sees patients who are housebound or who are best seen at home because of a need to assess function in own environment.

Patients may be referred following an acute episode (e.g. fracture, illness or surgery) or because they are managing long term conditions, or are elderly frail and experiencing mobility difficulties

Interventions vary from a single visit to provide equipment or advice, to a defined episode of care (e.g. following surgery), or to several episodes of care over a longer period (e.g. for a patient managing a deteriorating condition such as Multiple sclerosis)

Management may include:

  • Exercise programme
  • Mobility advice
  • Provision of equipment
  • Advice/guidance

We treat

Conditions may be orthopaedic, neurological, or medical. Patients often have multiple pathologies.

Referral criteria

  • Client has a Croydon G.P.
  • Aged 16 or over.
  • Housebound (i.e. unable to leave home)  or better seen at home because of a need to assess function in own environment
  • Client does not require a specialist service which is outside the remit/skill set of the team (e.g. Lymphoedema management, Women’s Health)

How to refer

Email referral form to ch-tr.domiphysioreferrals@nhs.net 

By Post:

Domiciliary Physiotherapy
Broad Green Centre
1-13 Lodge Road
Croydon
CR0 2PD

Contact information

Domiciliary Physiotherapy service

Broadgreen Centre

1-13 Lodge Road

Croydon, CR0 2PD

Mary O' Hara - Team lead

Shionagh Crawt - Senior Physiotherapist

Adam Gregory - Senior Pysiotherapist

Adenike (Nike) Okoh - Senior Physiothetapist

Related Services

Alternative services which include physiotherapy:

Falls Service Tel: 020 8401 3654

Elderly patients who are being referred due to falls may derive better benefit from the Multi-disciplinary input of the Falls Service. 

LIFE (Living Independently for Everyone) Tel: 020 8274 6974

LIFE provide intensive, often daily, multi-disciplinary (OT and Physiotherapy) rehabilitation input over a time limited period not exceeding 6 weeks.

CNRT (Community Neuro Rehab Team) Tel: 020 8274 6880

CNRT provide intensive multi-disciplinary rehabilitation input over a time limited period not exceeding 13 weeks for patients with neurological conditions.