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Physiotherapy

There are various locations for inpatient and outpatient physiotherapy services at the Trust, offering a wide variety of different services dependent on your needs. 

You may be seen by a physiotherapist as an inpatient on the ward, or referred by you consultant or GP for outpatient treatment.

The service is provided by chartered physiotherapists and physiotherapy assistants, supported by administration staff.  All our chartered physiotherapists are registered with the health professions council.

Royal Derby Hospital

There are various locations for inpatient and outpatient physiotherapy services at the Royal Derby Hospital.  The teams are based on different levels in the hospital. Some services are based on wards. There is a paediatric physiotherapy service based in the Children’s Hospital which delivers inpatient and outpatient physiotherapy. There is a hydrotherapy pool in the Rehab Block level One which is run by the physiotherapy Team.

These are the teams based at the Royal Derby Hospital: 

  • Paediatric Inpatient and outpatient team
  • Surgery & cancer therapy – Inpatient Services and Outpatient Clinics
  • Critical Care Team
  • Trauma & Orthopaedic Inpatient physiotherapy
  • Emergency department and frailty team
  • Department of elderly medicine team
  • Stroke team
  • Women’s health team


Find and contact us

Uttoxeter Road
Derby
DE22 3NE

Telephone: 01332 785 520

Queen's Hospital Burton

There are inpatient and outpatient physiotherapy Teams based at Queen’s Hospital Burton.

These can be found on the ground floor of the hospital in the therapy department.

Find and contact us

Ground Floor
Belvedere Road
Burton
DE13 0RB

Telephone: 01283 593 010

London Road Community Hospital

There are Physiotherapists based on the wards at London Road and in Outpatient Departments. Entrance to the wards is along the footpath to the far left of the Main Entrance.  Outpatient physiotherapy and the Rehabilitation Gym are located on Level 3, Junction 3 in the main hospital. Neurology outpatients, Parkinson’s, CASOP, Head Injury and Spasticity Clinics are all held in the new Rehabilitation Unit; entrance to this unit is to the left of the Main Entrance.

These are the teams based at London Road Community Hospital:

  • LRCH ward inpatient Team
  • Teams based in the Rehabilitation Unit include Parkinson’s, CASOP, Head Injuries, Spasticity Service and Neurology Outpatients
  • Rheumatology Outpatient team
  • Musculoskeletal therapy >
  • Vestibular physiotherapy


Find and contact us

London Road
Derby
DE1 2QY

Telephone: 01332 254 631

Samuel Johnson Community Hospital

Inpatient Physiotherapy services are available.


Find and contact us

Trent Valley Road
Lichfield
WS13 6EF

Telephone: 01283 566 333

Sir Robert Peel Community Hospital

Inpatient Physiotherapy services are available.


Find and contact us

Plantation Lane
Mile Oak
Tamworth
B78 3NG

Telephone: 01283 566 333

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