Heartbeat August 2019
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Pain management and outpatient<br />
therapies join forces<br />
PRIMARY CARE, COMMUNITIES<br />
AND THERAPIES<br />
Pain management, outpatient<br />
physiotherapy (both paediatric<br />
and adult musculoskeletal) and<br />
outpatient speech and language<br />
therapy have moved from the main<br />
spine at City Hospital to Sheldon<br />
Block all in order to offer better<br />
patient care.<br />
The move took place in June, to the<br />
refurbished 3rd floor of Sheldon Block<br />
and is part of the retained estates<br />
project and service reconfiguration<br />
in preparation for the opening of the<br />
Midland Metropolitan Hospital.<br />
Lydia Jones, Director of Therapies<br />
explains the move will be of great benefit to<br />
patients.<br />
She said: “It’s fantastic to be moving, as<br />
this will mean that the team now have a<br />
purpose built facility, including bespoke<br />
clinic rooms for speech and language and<br />
the paediatric physio casting room. The<br />
move makes us more accessible for patients<br />
resulting in a better patient journey for our<br />
patients.”<br />
The move has created a first class<br />
multidisciplinary centre which will improve<br />
the patient pathway and provide a holistic<br />
approach to patient care.<br />
The new facilities include six clinic rooms<br />
which are used for assessments and<br />
treatment which includes acupuncture.<br />
Whilst the old space had become old and in<br />
need of some updating, the Sheldon block<br />
features rooms set up with demonstration<br />
models as a visual aid to explain to patients<br />
exactly what their MRI scans show, dual<br />
screens to work from and a plinth in each<br />
treatment room.<br />
Allison Rogers, from the pain management<br />
team said: “The new space is cleaner,<br />
brighter and more modern; it’s a lovely<br />
space to work in”.<br />
There have already been very positive<br />
comments from patients who are<br />
appreciating the more modern facilities,<br />
most have expressed how the new<br />
department is much more ‘bright and<br />
spacious’.<br />
Olivia Figgis a speech and language<br />
therapy patient said: “The area is much<br />
more spacious and welcoming whilst also<br />
being easier to find. The team are always<br />
extremely kind and helpful”.<br />
Musculoskeletal physiotherapy team at Sheldon Block<br />
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