West Essex Physiotherapy Service

We are the provider for the NHS children’s community physiotherapy service in West Essex which includes children registered with a GP in Harlow, Epping and Uttlesford District.

What is physiotherapy?

Physiotherapy helps restore movement and function when someone is affected by injury, illness or disability.

Paediatric (children’s) Physiotherapists bring their specialist skills as Physiotherapists and have additional expert knowledge and experience of child development and of childhood conditions.

Who we are

We are the provider for the NHS children’s community physiotherapy service in West Essex.

We are a team of Specialist Paediatric Physiotherapists registered with Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) and the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). We work together with our trained Therapy Assistant Practitioners to provide a comprehensive service.

We work closely with several other professionals including Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language Therapists, our Healthy Family Team, which includes Health Visitors and School Nurses, the medical team e.g. Paediatricians, and Education staff.

Who do we see?

We work with children with neurodevelopmental conditions (e.g. Cerebral Palsy, Down’s syndrome, Muscular Dystrophy etc.) orthopaedic, motor difficulties and musculoskeletal problems (e.g. back pain, knee pain etc.) We see children from birth until they leave education (18 years old for young people with musculoskeletal conditions)