The role of the Occupational Therapy team is to work with individual patients to increase their independence and safety to undertake everyday activities (occupations) that are important to them.
Important: Please advise patients to complete an assessment via Ask Sara before you make a referral to Occupational Therapy. The link to access the self-assessment is here.
Occupational therapy work with people who have a long term health condition who meet at least one of the criteria below:
- They’ve already tried basic equipment and it’s not meeting their long-term needs
- More complex equipment/adaptions are required
- The patient is likely to have a neurological or degenerative condition that fluctuates
- The patient has limited rehab potential
Please note, Occupational Therapy DO NOT deal with the following:
- Repairs or replacements for existing equipment. Please contact Enabled Living to organise your repair/replacement.
- Housing queries that are not related to adaptations. Please contact Newham Council's Housing Hubs to organise an appointment to discuss your issue. You can refer yourself to them using the Canning Town Housing Hub listing or the Stratford Housing Hub listing
- Support with mobility. Please contact Newham's Physio Team at epct.spa@nhs.net
- Pressure relieving equipment. Please contact Newham's District Nurses at epct.spa@nhs.net
Service statistics
Usually replies in
8 days
74%
of referrals accepted
Service access criteria:
Resident of Newham. Patient has a long term health condition who meet at least one of the criteria below: They’ve already tried basic equipment and it’s not meeting their long-term needs. More complex equipment/adaptions are required. The patient is likely to have a neurological or degenerative condition that fluctuates. The patient has limited rehab potential
Categories:
Leaving hospital
Information and advice
Managing a long-term health condition
Services for older people
Support for carers
Additional needs catered for:
Wheelchair accessible
Physical disability friendly
Waiting list (weeks):
20
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Who can refer:
Professional referrals only