Referrals:
Stockport NHS children’s Occupational Therapy service offer an open referral system where a parent or any professional working with the child who meet the below criteria can make a referral:
- Registered with a Stockport GP
- Has not left year 11 at school.
- Experience significant difficulties completing their daily activities due to a physical health need resulting from injury, physical or motor impairment or spasticity
- Has significant physical health needs that lead to significant difficulties in completing activities that cannot be met by universal/targeted services or education specialist therapy provision (commissioned by the SMBC)
Exclusion Criteria:
- School age autism / ADHD queries (these should be referred following the autism pathway - MASSH non urgent wellbeing pathway)
- Anxiety related difficulties - (refer following non-urgent wellbeing pathway via team around the school / MASSH non urgent wellbeing Pathway)
- Children with Musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions – refer these to the main Outpatient Physiotherapy department at Stepping Hill Hospital: e.g. torticollis, talipes, rehab post fractures and sprains, knee pain. Please contact the team via Otadmin@stockport.nhs.uk
- Sensory assessment or intervention where there is no related physical injury, physical or motor impairment or spasticity. For children experiencing difficulties with sensory processing please refer to the training session and resource packs on the online training section of the Stockport SEND local offer webpage.
- Children who are already supported and are achieving outcomes set through existing support from specialist services / universal / targeted / interventions at their education setting
- Children with mild developmental differences (these should be supported by universal / targeted provision or services).
- Children in specialist provision with complex needs which are educational, rather than health - refer these to the education specialist therapy provision through the teacher at the child’s special school (commissioned by schools or SMBC)
- Young people that have finished year 11 of school – refer to adult therapies – see Stockport local offer for services available.
What to expect following your referral:
In order to help understand what support the child needs the OT service may offer the parent or carer an initial telephone appointment with an Occupational Therapist.
For children with a physical health need an occupational therapist will consider their daily activities (occupations) such as play, activities of daily living (e.g. eating, dressing, personal care), or where there are barriers to physically accessing their environment.
By the end of the first discussion the occupational therapist will advise you of what support is required to meet your child’s needs and if the NHS occupational therapy service is the most appropriate service to meet the child’s needs at this time. If the NHS occupational therapy service cannot support your child’s needs the occupational therapist will signpost you to the service that is best placed to support your child.
How to refer:
If you are concerned or worried about your child, speak with your nursery / school setting or health visitor and they will advise you if a referral to the NHS Occupational Therapy service would be appropriate.
If you are a Stockport Foundation Trust health professional using the EMIS patient system: Please use the referral form on the system and Task the ‘0-16yrsOTPhysioSaltCDU’ exorg task box
If you do not use the EMIS system as a member of Stockport Foundation Trust please email CTSAdmin@stockport.nhs.uk to request the current referral form. Referrals not completed on this form will be returned to the referrer.
Referrals from parents can be taken over the phone, but then further information may be sought before the referral is processed. |