Service lead: Cynthia Wood - Child therapy lead
Cynthia.wood@nelft.nhs.uk
0208 430 7982

Referrals

GP Referrals (EMIS Practices)

If you are a GP using EMIS, please submit all new routine referrals to this service via Elemental. This is now the standard referral route into NELFT for EMIS practices and replaces the previous email-based process.

Urgent referrals: If you need to make an urgent referral, please continue to use the existing urgent referral pathways and contact the service directly where required. Elemental should not be used for urgent referrals.

This change applies to GP practices using EMIS. Alternative referral routes remain available for practices using other clinical systems.

Referrals are accepted from parents/guardians and professionals in health, education or social care. A specialist children's service referral form must be completed, and signed consent from parent/guardian to share information must be provided.

Criteria: Children presenting with any of the following:

• neurological/neuromuscular conditions
• abnormal muscle tone
• motor disorders or delay
• foot issues affecting foot posture/walking
• loss of, or deteriorating, range of movement
• oncology or palliative care needs
• non-acute congenital or orthopaedic presentations, for example, torticollis, talipes, brachial plexus palsy, arthritic conditions
• children who require rehabilitation in the community (where needs cannot be met by acute services) for example, complex orthopaedic surgery