Great Western Hospital has two dedicated Inpatient Therapy Teams who provide essential treatment and rehabilitation for inpatients and help to ensure you are discharged from hospital as safely and as soon as possible.
The teams, made up of Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and Rehabilitation Assistants, are:
The Acute Therapy Team is based on the ground floor at the north end of the main hospital. We support inpatients on the surgical and medical wards and those in intensive care.
Opening hours are Monday-Friday 8.30am-4.30pm Tel: 01793 605126. Weekend/night Service: Please call the main hospital switchboard on 01793 604020.
The Orthopaedic Therapy Team is based in the Brunel Treatment Centre, which is connected to the Great Western Hospital. We support inpatients on the orthopaedic wards.
Opening hours are Monday-Friday 8.15am-4.15pm. Tel: 01793 646114. Weekend service: Please call the main switchboard on 01793 604020.
If you would like to return walking frames, crutches, sticks, toilet frames or other equipment you have been supplied with and no longer need, please bring them to the Outpatient Therapy Reception, which is on the ground floor at the north end of the main hospital. Please ask at the main hospital reception if you need any assistance.