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Islington Community Rehabilitation Team




Location and Contact details


Islington Outlook Centre
133 St Johns Way
London
Greater London
N19 3RQ

Telephone: 0207 527 1501

Email: whh-tr.ICRT-admin@nhs.net

http://www.whittington.nhs.uk/mini-apps/servi...

Type of organisation

  • NHS Service

Descripton of organisation

  • Community Based Service

miles (straight line)
miles (approximate road distance)

Entry last updated

May 13, 2013

Further Details

The Community Rehabilitation Team can offer individuals, who have complex disabilities or neurological impairments, a multi-disciplinary approach to enabling independence within their community.

The team aims to help clients succeed in achieving greater independence in their daily lives. The team can work with family, carers and friends. The team also has specialist skills in getting clients back to work, dealing with parenting issues and managing fatigue.

The team is able to work with clients in their own homes or nursing, residential and intermediate care settings. The team also in-reaches to hospitals to help facilitate discharge from acute and specialist inpatient units.

Services available

ABI Specialist National Regional Local
Advice yes no no yes
Clinical psychology yes no no yes
Community support yes no no yes
Equipment no no no yes
Information no no no yes
Neuropsychology yes no no yes
Occupational Therapy yes no no yes
Physiotherapy yes no no yes
Speech & Language Therapy yes no no yes
Training (for clients/patients) yes no no yes
Training (for families/carers) yes no no yes
Training (for staff) yes no no yes
Transitional rehabilitation no no no yes
Vocational Support yes no no yes
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 yes
Consultant yes
Healthcare Professional yes
Self/Advocate/Family yes
Other professional eg Social Care/Case Manager yes

How are services paid for?

yes Publicly funded - free at point of access
Regularly Sometimes Never
NHS ???
Social Care Services ???
Jointly funded by NHS & Social Care Services yesnono

Typical duration that a service is offered

There is no maximum limit in terms of duration and is goal led. Goals and predicted amount of input are agreed with the client during the initial assessment period.



This Service was mapped by ABI London. See HERE for more information

Services available are defined by the following EHIG Rehabilitation Codes

For an explanation of the codings please click here

REHAB AT HOME

[Code 70]
Patient description
Medically stable, able to actively participate with and benefit from therapy. Will include spectrum of initial severity of injury with a small minority derived from Code 05 category

Sites
Domiciliary or day hospital

Description of rehabilitation input
Interdisciplinary co-ordinated management therapy aimed at community re-integration/inclusion by enhancing independence, wellbeing, & assist return to work/education. In collaboration with Social Services, neuropsychiatry, voluntary and statutory services. Includes treatment of patients in their own homes, or with live-in carers.

SUPPORTED HOUSING OR RESIDENTIAL CARE

[Code 75]
Patient description
Medically stable, requiring supportive environment/accommodation, able to actively participate with and benefit from therapy. Will include spectrum of initial severity of injury with a small minority derived from Code 05 category

Sites
Residential Care/Supported Housing

Description of rehabilitation input
Retraining and enablement in day-to-day domestic and community-based tasks in a non-hospital, home-like environment, aimed at community re-integration/ inclusion by enhancing independence, wellbeing, & assist return to work/ education. In collaboration with Social Services, neuropsychiatry, voluntary and statutory services. Help for family/carers in supporting the person in these roles, and with identifying statutory support available.

EQUIPMENT

[Code 135]
Patient description
Blank

Sites
All sites

Description of rehabilitation input
Providing practical/ technological solutions to challenges and limitations imposed by cognitive, behavioural and physical disability.

This service is defined by the NMDS (National Minimum Data Set) codes as:

For an explanation of the NMDS, please click here

No Data for NMDS

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