- Overview
- Directions
- How do I register for this service?
- Contacting us and opening hours
- Reviews and feedback
- Accessibility Information
- Useful resources and links
Type
Children’s Therapy Services - PhysiotherapyThe children's (paediatric) physiotherapy team works with babies, children and young people who may have developmental, neurological, neuromuscular, or musculoskeletal difficulties.
We provide specialist assessment and a range of interventions and treatments which help children with physical difficulties.
Our aims are to:
- Give children the chance to reach their full potential
- Maximise their function and independence
- Promote normal movement
- Prevent or limit contractures (when muscles, tendons or joints tighten or shorten) and deformity
- Improve quality of life.
We take a holistic approach and work closely with parents and other health and education professionals.
We also work closely with our adult service to help create a smooth shift from children to adult services through our transition pathway.
Who is this service for? Children and young people from the age of 0 to 19 (or 0-12 for musculoskeletal conditions) living in the North Northamptonshire.
For West Northamptonshire, services are provided by Northampton General Hospital.
Address
Sudborough House, St Mary's Hospital, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN15 7PWMap
How do I register for this service?
Referrals can be made by any healthcare or educational professional including health visitors, GPs, paediatricians, consultants, therapists, special educational needs co-ordinator (SENCOs), teachers, portage via the Referral Management Centre (RMC) which can be accessed by clicking here.
Please note: We only see Primary School aged children with musculoskeletal problems. Secondary school aged children are seen by the Adult Physiotherapy team, whose page you can access by clicking here.
Contacting us and opening hours
Children's Physiotherapy Service
Sudborough House
St Mary's Hospital
London Road
Kettering
Northants, NN15 7PW
Monday to Friday
8.30am to 4.30pm
Telephone: 03000 273 737 (Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 4.30pm; answer machine available out of these hours or when staff are out of office).
Sudborough House is fully disabled accessible. There are baby changing facilities in the building. Although we are predominantly a community team, we also provide the children's physiotherapy service to Skylark Ward at Kettering General Hospital twice a day from 8.30am to 9.30am and 3.30pm to 4.30pm.
Please note if you live in West Northamptonshire, your child will be seen by the Children's Physiotherapy Service based at Northampton General Hospital, Cliftonville, Northampton, NN1 5BD. Tel: 01604 544655.
Car parking information
There is free onsite car parking at St Mary's Hospital. Please note this can be extremely limited at busy times.
There is also a Pay and Display car park situated on London Road (next to the swimming pool) which is a 5-minute walk away from the hospital.
Opening times and charges can be found on the North Northamptonshire Council website (see London Road / Municipal Offices).
Reviews and feedback
We really welcome your feedback, please use the links to leave any comments:
Young person feedback (ages 11-18)
Feedback from our service users and families
"The physio was very friendly, informative and made my daughter feel at ease."
"The physio was great at assessing my son in a fun way so that he enjoyed the session. She was also great at reassuring me as a parent."
"Such professional and excellent care and attention has been given to my daughter."
"My physiotherapist helped me to walk like the other kids."
Accessibility Information
Useful resources and links
Parent leaflets produced by Association of Paediatric Chartered Physiotherapists (APCP)
The APCP has produced a range of parent leaflets which can downloaded on their the APCP website.
Topics they cover include:
- Down's Syndrome
- Choosing footwear for children
- Choosing the right school bag
- Intoeing gait
- Awake time ideas
- Promoting physical development: lying to sitting
- Osgood Schlatter's disease
- Flat feet in young children
- Babywalkers - are they necessary?
- Standing frames
- Standing frames - safety and maintenance
- Selective dorsal rhizotomy
- Symptomatic hypermobility
- Head turning preference and plagiocephaly
Visit the APCP website and download leaflets