Physiotherapy Follow-up
WHO to refer to Trauma physio:
- Acute traumatic injuries only i.e. ankle sprain, soft tissue knee injuries, acute cuff tear etc
- Any age group (JR team only see 16 yrs + but will refer onto relevent service if <16 yrs old)
- Any location (if out of area i.e.Witney, patient will be refered onto their local service)
Conditions not accepted within the acute trauma service: shoulder impingment, chronic cuff tear, lower back pain, OA flare up/degenerative meniscal tears etc...
HOW to refer to physio:
To refer for physiotherapy follow-up
- First, complete your discharge summary for your patient
- In EPR, click Communicate
- In the To: section, type Consult Trauma and press Enter
- Click Pool
- Select "Consult Trauma Physiotherapy JR"
- (Right click to add to your address book for next time)
- Double click to select this as the address
- The subject of the message should be "ED Physio Referral"
- Click "Browse Documents" to attach your discharge summary
- In the body of the message, type ~R and select ~R-ED_Trauma_Physio
- Complete the proforma and click Send
- The patient should be given a physiotherapy information slip and advised to call them to activate the referral within 2 weeks (physio slips are with the injury leaflets on the wall opposit the ENP hub room)
Criteria for referral to Trauma physio NOT met?
Patients can still access physiotherapy, despite not fulfilling the above criteria, via the following or liasing directly with their GP
MSK Services -Connect health (self referral) For patient in Oxfordshire, Berkshire West and Milton Keynes
https://www.connecthealth.co.uk/resources/physionow/
MSK Services- Practice Plus Group MSK (requires clinician referral in ED or GP- see wbsite) for patients in Buckinghamshire, Marlow
https://www.mskdiagnostics.co.uk/our-locations/msk-buckinghamshire/how-to-get-referred/