This is a team of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and Therapy Assistants which covers a range of wards within BNHH and RHCH. The team prioritise urgent respiratory patients and discharges as well as providing a service at the Front Doors (ED, AAU, McGill) to ensure they are part of a team to prevent unnecessary admissions.
The team covers seven days and provides services from 8.30am - 4.30pm. There is also an on-call service from 4:30pm - 8:30am to cover urgent respiratory patients who would deteriorate if they were not seen by a physiotherapist. The on-call physiotherapist will be off site (up to 45 minutes away) and can be contacted via switchboard. There is a team based on Kingfisher ward at Andover War Memorial Hospital, their working hours are Monday to Friday 8:30am - 4:30pm.
This page contains resources to help inform individuals of appropriate referral criteria and processes for both discharge planning and respiratory patients. There is also the relevant contact numbers and bleeps for the therapy teams across sites.
Therapy bleep numbers BNHH
AAU/ED – 2326, 2313
CCA/CCB – 1117
C3/C4 – 1275
Cardiology/CCU/WHU - 1119
D1 – 2348
E1/E4 – 2307
E2 – 1500
E3/Isolation – 1114
F1 – 1286
F2/F3 – Ext. 43991
Overton – 2409
Therapist of the Day – 07423797303 (Please use this number if you are unsure which team you need to contact.)
Acute team lead - 07341803958
Therapy bleep numbers RHCH
McGill – 3127
Clifton – 3100
Wykeham ward – 3134
Mount – 3188
ICU – 3152
St Cross – 3476
Freshfield – 3080
Clarke – 3101
Shawford – 3529
Victoria – 3121
KempWelch – 3170
Surgical team TA – 3050, 3161
Medicine team TA – 3172
Elderly care team TA – 3165
Therapist of the Day – 3081
Acute therapy office - 01962 815420 (Ext. 25420)
Please use either of these numbers if you are unsure which team you need to contact.
On-call physiotherapy flowchart
Indications for on-call physiotherapy
Physiotherapy is indicated for the following conditions:
• Retention of secretions
• Aspiration
• Area of lung collapse
• Productive pneumonia
• Chest infection
When patient acutely deteriorating or at risk of acute deterioration within the on-call period (16:30 until 08:30 hours).
Physiotherapy is not indicated for the following conditions:
• Pulmonary oedema
• Pulmonary embolism
• Pleural effusion
• Sputum retention due to dehydration (until re-hydrated)
• Atelectasis due to pain (until pain is controlled)
• Consolidation in the absence of secretions
• Severe bronchospasm
• Patient non-compliance
• Severe fatigue
• Cardiovascularly unfit
However, for any of those respiratory patients giving cause for concern, the on-call physiotherapist can discuss with referring team and advise as appropriate.
