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Occupational Therapists (OTs) work within multidisciplinary teams providing specialist assessment and rehabilitation of function. They are integral to timely discharge planning and facilitate a supported return home.
Specific intervention may include:
> Assessment of motor, sensory, cognitive and perceptual performance, focusing on the impact that impairments in these areas can have on an individual's ability to undertake daily tasks
> Education on long-term condition management and temporary disability management related to daily activities including work
> Functional retraining, splint fabrication, specialist equipment prescription and home adaptations
> Liaison and referral to community services, enabling ongoing rehabilitation and provision of equipment/services
At Charing Cross Hospital, OT is offered to adults by teams in the following specialties: neurosciences; stroke services; elderly medicine; general medicine and surgery; oncology; trauma and orthopaedics; A&E; medical assessment and observation; outpatient hand therapy.
Physiotherapy provides rehabilitation for adult inpatients and outpatients. Treatment includes education, advice and exercise to maximise independence and self management strategies.
Areas of particular expertise include: orthopaedic and musculo-skeletal conditions; pain management; vascular/prosthetic limb rehabilitation; management of strokes and adult neurology; medicine for the elderly; acute and chronic respiratory disorders; critical care and cancer.
This Service was mapped by Eastern Region ABI. See HERE for more information
Patient description
Medically stable, requiring 24-48hrs observation prior to communityrehabilitation, (as necessary in a smallminority) with low probability of acute neurological deterioration requiring neurosurgical advice/transfer
Sites
Acute A&E observation ward
Description of rehabilitation input
Assessment and observation –education, emotional and social support.Planned discharge home, sometimeswith outpatient follow up or moves tocode 30 at 48 hours
Patient description
Identifying and addressing early rehab goals before medically stable and transfer of care to rehab team
Sites
Major Trauma Centre/ Trauma Unit
Description of rehabilitation input
Identifying and addressing early rehab goals before medically stable and transfer of care to rehab team
Patient description
Medically unstable – requires general but not neurosurgical critical care.
Sites
Major Trauma Centre/ Trauma Unit/Acute Hospital
Description of rehabilitation input
Identifying and addressing early rehab goals before medically stable and transfer of care to rehab team
Patient description
Needs in-patient care due to physical dependency, or the need for specialist therapy equipment, a safe environment, supervision, or intensity of therapy, in a unit with the expertise and experience in rehabilitation of a condition (Level 1)which cannot be provided in a local specialist centre or in the community (Level 2) which cannot be provided in the community.
Sites
Level 1: Regional specialized centre Level 2: Local specialist centre, Acute or community hospital
Description of rehabilitation input
Needs inpatient care due to physical dependency, or need for specialist therapy equipment, safe environment, supervision or intensity of therapy which cannot be provided in community
Level 3A (other local specialist services): Treat patients with Category C needs and is led/supported by consultants trained in specialties other than rehabilitation medicine
Charing Cross Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Location and Contact detailsCharing Cross Hospital Fulham Palace Road London Greater London W6 8RF Telephone: 020 3313 5521 Email: pals@imperial.nhs.uk http://www.imperial.nhs.uk/charingcross/OurSe... |
Type of organisation
Descripton of organisation
miles (straight line)miles (approximate road distance) Entry last updatedOct 25, 2012 |
Further Details
Charing Cross is a general acute hospital that provides a full range of adult clinical specialties including the West London Neuroscience Centre. The neurosurgery service, based at Charing Cross Hospital, serves a population of more than two million people in west London and the Thames Valley. A 24-hour neurosurgical service is provided.Occupational Therapists (OTs) work within multidisciplinary teams providing specialist assessment and rehabilitation of function. They are integral to timely discharge planning and facilitate a supported return home.
Specific intervention may include:
> Assessment of motor, sensory, cognitive and perceptual performance, focusing on the impact that impairments in these areas can have on an individual's ability to undertake daily tasks
> Education on long-term condition management and temporary disability management related to daily activities including work
> Functional retraining, splint fabrication, specialist equipment prescription and home adaptations
> Liaison and referral to community services, enabling ongoing rehabilitation and provision of equipment/services
At Charing Cross Hospital, OT is offered to adults by teams in the following specialties: neurosciences; stroke services; elderly medicine; general medicine and surgery; oncology; trauma and orthopaedics; A&E; medical assessment and observation; outpatient hand therapy.
Physiotherapy provides rehabilitation for adult inpatients and outpatients. Treatment includes education, advice and exercise to maximise independence and self management strategies.
Areas of particular expertise include: orthopaedic and musculo-skeletal conditions; pain management; vascular/prosthetic limb rehabilitation; management of strokes and adult neurology; medicine for the elderly; acute and chronic respiratory disorders; critical care and cancer.
Services available
ABI Specialist | National | Regional | Local | |
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Acute Medical Care | ||||
Advice | ||||
Clinical psychology | ||||
Neuropsychiatry | ||||
Neuropsychology | ||||
Neurosurgical Care | ||||
Nursing | ||||
Occupational Therapy | ||||
Physiotherapy | ||||
Psychiatry | ||||
Psychology | ||||
Speech & Language Therapy |
National = country wide, Regional = offering a
service within 150 miles, Local = offering a service within 50
miles
This service adheres to the following Regulatory Frameworks / is affiliated to the following bodies:
Referrals can be made by
GP | |
Consultant | |
Healthcare Professional | |
Self/Advocate/Family | |
Other professional eg Social Care/Case Manager |
How are services paid for?
Publicly funded - free at point of accessRegularly | Sometimes | Never | |
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NHS | |||
Social Care Services | |||
Jointly funded by NHS & Social Care Services |
Typical duration that a service is offered
No DataThis Service was mapped by Eastern Region ABI. See HERE for more information
Services available are defined by the following EHIG Rehabilitation Codes
For an explanation of the codings please click hereFOLLOW UP FOR A MILD HEAD INJURY
[Code 05]Patient description
Medically stable, requiring 24-48hrs observation prior to communityrehabilitation, (as necessary in a smallminority) with low probability of acute neurological deterioration requiring neurosurgical advice/transfer
Sites
Acute A&E observation ward
Description of rehabilitation input
Assessment and observation –education, emotional and social support.Planned discharge home, sometimeswith outpatient follow up or moves tocode 30 at 48 hours
NEURO-SURGERY
[Code 10]Patient description
Identifying and addressing early rehab goals before medically stable and transfer of care to rehab team
Sites
Major Trauma Centre/ Trauma Unit
Description of rehabilitation input
Identifying and addressing early rehab goals before medically stable and transfer of care to rehab team
MEDICAL TREATMENT IN HOSPITAL
[Code 20]Patient description
Medically unstable – requires general but not neurosurgical critical care.
Sites
Major Trauma Centre/ Trauma Unit/Acute Hospital
Description of rehabilitation input
Identifying and addressing early rehab goals before medically stable and transfer of care to rehab team
REHAB IN HOSPITAL
[Code 40]Patient description
Needs in-patient care due to physical dependency, or the need for specialist therapy equipment, a safe environment, supervision, or intensity of therapy, in a unit with the expertise and experience in rehabilitation of a condition (Level 1)which cannot be provided in a local specialist centre or in the community (Level 2) which cannot be provided in the community.
Sites
Level 1: Regional specialized centre Level 2: Local specialist centre, Acute or community hospital
Description of rehabilitation input
Needs inpatient care due to physical dependency, or need for specialist therapy equipment, safe environment, supervision or intensity of therapy which cannot be provided in community
This service is defined by the NMDS (National Minimum Data Set) codes as:
For an explanation of the NMDS, please click hereLevel 3A (other local specialist services): Treat patients with Category C needs and is led/supported by consultants trained in specialties other than rehabilitation medicine