Referrals

Occupational Therapy Referrals

The children’s occupational therapy service supports children who have difficulties with daily activities such as getting dressed, bike riding , cutting up their food, participating at school.

Depending on the nature of these difficulties, the support offered will differ. It may be that the information on our website will be enough to help you support your child to learn these skills at their own pace, you may benefit from attending a parent drop-in to talk about the skills you want to prioritise for your child to develop, or your child may need a school visit or an assessment at home or at hackney ark. Children offered individual assessment usually have a range of difficulties relating to a medical diagnosis or a delay in a number of areas of difficulty, not associated with their general development .

You can talk to an OT about what help is available and any concerns you have at our drop ins, or sign up for a workshop, without referral

If you think an individual assessment is needed please complete a referral form and we will see if we can meet your children’s needs or whether we think we need to signpost you to another more service .

You must live in Hackney with a Hackney GP, school visits will only be offered to children in Hackney schools

Please download a referral and send to : huh-tr.childrensotreferrals@nhs.net

Physiotherapy Referrals

Our service is open to children who live in City & Hackney and we offer 2 specialist
services:

• We see children aged 0-18 years if they have significant physical motor delay, complex physical difficulties or disabilities.
• We also see children aged 0-16 if they have a concern with their bones, muscles or joints

Click here for more detailed criteria.

Please remember to include how your concerns are impacting the child’s daily activities (e.g. mobility, access to PE, participation in community activity etc) as without this information the referral may be rejected.

If you would like some quick advice you can book to meet with a Physio through one of our universal services here (link to drop in and mini movers) , or explore our advice section here: (link to advice leaflets)

Please download a referral and send to : huh-tr.childrensptreferrals@nhs.net