Information
The West Lothian Community Physiotherapy team’s role is to support patients with physiotherapy input, in their own environment, when they are unable to attend an outpatient clinic.
This is for patients that require slow stream rehabilitation for conditions such as:
- Falls (non–urgent)
- Neurological conditions
- Frail/elderly
- Orthopaedics
- Deconditioning/general reduced mobility
- Long term conditions
This support may include assessment of joint movement, limb strength, mobility and transfers with subsequent provision of exercise programmes, advice and education, walking aids and other equipment to maintain the patient’s abilities to complete essential daily activities at home (either independently or with support of carers/family). Where possible as part of the patients’ physiotherapy intervention, self management programmes will be devised and encouraged. The community physiotherapy service works toward patient specific goals but would not provide long term, ongoing physiotherapy for maintenance.
The core hours of the service are Monday – Friday 8.45 am – 4.45pm
Who can refer:
- GP
- AHP’s
- DN’s
- Consultants
- Other support services eg. social worker, dementia link workers, nursing homes
Who to refer:
- Housebound/unable to attend clinic by any method
- Requires an assessment within their own environment due to clinical need
- Only requires physiotherapy input
- Patient aware of referral and is able to participate in physiotherapy or has support to be able to participate
- Resident in West Lothian
- Over 16 years old
Who not to refer:
- Patients who can attend an outpatient clinic for physiotherapy
- Patients who are acutely unwell and at immediate risk of admission*
- Requires urgent assessment*
- Requires intense rehab (> 2 visits per week)*
- Requires respiratory assessment*
*these referrals should be directed to the REACT team
How to refer:
- Can be made via SCI gateway:
West Lothian Health & Social Care Partnership
AHP Physiotherapy West Lothian- St Johns Hospital Physiotherapy WL
Please mark as housebound patient
- Or complete referral form and return to Community West Lothian mailbox – sjh.domiphysio@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk
- We do not accept self referrals
