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Occupational Therapy - Derriford Hospital

Occupational Therapy helps people of all ages to lead healthy and fulfilling lives by improving their ability to carry out daily activities.

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Address:Derriford Hospital
Derriford Road
PL6 8DH
Telephone number: 01752 432220
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Occupational Therapists treat individuals by assessing and working on functional ability, providing education for patients or carers, modifying ways of doing tasks, supplying equipment, recommending environmental modification, and organising services required to enable the patient to function as independently as possible within their own home.

There are Occupational Therapists working in most of the clinical areas in Derriford Hospital.

Our inpatient service at the Trust focuses on enabling people with temporary or long term disabilities to be discharged in a timely and safe manner, either to their own home or other hospitals. Our outpatient service provides home visits, or on-going treatment programmes, including for Hand patients or Rheumatology patients, who are under the care of the hospital.

Based: Plymouth

Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 4.45pm
Saturday and Sunday, 8.30am to 4.30pm (A&E only)

Referrals for inpatients are accepted from any members of the multidisciplinary team. Referrals for outpatients are only accepted for patients under the care of the Trust Consultants. Community paediatric occupational therapy is provided by the Child Development Centre.
  • 17 to 25 years old
  • 26 to 64 years old
  • Everyone, over 65

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