Nompumelelo D.R.C. Mission Hospital Peddie Ciskei: Physiotherapy Department

Access by general practitioners to physiotherapy department of a district general hospital.

There has been much opposition, voiced most notably in the Tunbridge Report, to general-practitioner access to hospital rehabilitation services. Co-operation between general practitioners, physiotherapists, and the consultant with responsibility for the physiotherapy department at a general district hospital has provided an efficient open-access service. This service has been welcomed by the ge...

Primary care physiotherapy in the Emergency Department.

Evaluation of performance quality of an advanced scope physiotherapy role in a hospital emergency department

BACKGROUND Physiotherapists working in advanced and extended scope roles internationally make a difference to workflow, performance targets, and patient satisfaction in areas traditionally served by medicine and nursing. AIM To assess the impact of an advanced scope of practice physiotherapist (ASoP-PT) service in a large Australian hospital emergency department (ED) by measuring national ser...

Making physiotherapy more accessible: open access for general practitioners to a physiotherapy department.

Open access to a physiotherapy outpatient department of a district general hospital was offered to general practitioners to whom domiciliary physiotherapy was already available. The effects of the new service have been monitored. Delays are reduced and consultants economise on time spent in merely confirming need for physiotherapy. Policies determining treatment, placing emphasis on prevention ...

One small hospital one big mission.