Greenwich Neurological Rehabilitation Team Greenwich

We offer support and active rehabilitation to people with acquired neurological impairments to enable them to lead a more independent life in the community.

Our team includes:

  • physiotherapists
  • occupational therapists
  • speech and language therapists
  • community matron
  • clinical psychologist
  • therapy assistant practitioners

We also offer specialist services:

  • Neurological triage clinic
  • Multiple Sclerosis specialist therapists
  • Stroke Early Supported Discharge
  • Case management  for rare progressive and complex neurological conditions
  • Ongoing review when required

We work closely with other local services in the London Borough of Greenwich and neighboring boroughs, including GPs, acute hospitals, tertiary specialist centers, leisure services, wheelchair services, social services and other voluntary patient organisations.

The service is for you if you:

  • are over 18 years old
  • are registered with a Greenwich GP and live within the boundaries of the Royal Borough of Greenwich
  • have a neurological condition
  • are able to participate in rehabilitation. This means being able to identify areas you want to work on and actively participate in exercise/practice towards your goals.

What we offer

Our aim is to help you maximise independence in your daily life so that you can do the things you want to do. We will work with you in your own environment: at home, in your day centre or at work,. We can work with you, your family, friends or carers.

How to access the service

You can be referred to our service by:

  • hospital staff
  • your GP or Consultant Neurologist
  • another agency who you work with
  • yourself, but must be within 6 months of being seen by us previously.

Please note that we are not an emergency service. If you need help urgently, please contact your GP.

You can contact us Monday to Friday from 8am to 5pm on the numbers on the right hand side of this page.

Categories

  • Community health services (adults)

Services provided

  • Neuro-rehabilitation

Related Information

Memorial Hospital

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How to find us:

Buses: 89, 486, 244.

Trains: The nearest train station is Welling which is a bus ride away (89 and 486). You can also use Woolwich Arsenal station and take bus 244.

Car parking: There are two car parks at the Memorial Hospital site.

Address:

Memorial Hospital
Shooters Hill
London

SE18 3RG

Public phone number:

For all new referrals call: 020 8836 8631
To speak to your therapist: 020 8836 8631/8632

Fax number:

020 8836 8643

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2 Comments

Dear Sir,
Could you help me, in 1983 I had a benign Astrocytoma exhumed from the centre of my brain, “Para ventricle”, The operation was carried out privately due to the NHS refusing to fund the operation, because of the size and the depth of the tumour in my brain.

In 2008 I suffered a stroke with-in the Putamen that was wrongly diagnosed as Epilepsy due to my medical history for a few years.

It was only because I went back to my original Neurosurgeons team, who diagnosed the infarct in the Putamen area of my brain. Can you do anything to help me?

Dear Mark

Please contact your GP and ask for a referral to the Greenwich Community Neuro Team at Oxleas.

Once this is received we will be in touch with you to establish what your difficulties are, what we will be able to do for you and any rehab/support we can offer.

Best wishes

Ishbel Gray
CAR and Dietetic Team Manager

Hiyah,

As a ms suffer I am interested in the occupational therapy service you provide?

Regards
Hugh

Dear Hugh

Thank you for your enquiry.

Oxleas have two Neurorehabilitation Teams, one for people who live in Greenwich and have a Greenwich GP, and one for people who live in Bexley and have a Bexley GP.

Both teams have Occupational Therapists and provide a broadly similar service. We provide short episodes of neurological rehabilitation, which can be in your home, or any place best suited to achieving your goals (eg leisure centre, work place, community).

All rehabilitation is aimed at helping you to self- manage your neurological condition, and maximise your independence, productivity and satisfaction. We accept referrals from GPs, Consultant Neurologists, MS Specialist Nurses, or any healthcare professional.

As you asked specifically about Occupational Therapy (OT) for people with MS (RR and PP), their aims are to enable you to manage your day to day tasks and activities in a way that contributes to your physical, social and emotional well-being. They work with you to look at altering the way a task is performed, or adapting the physical environment, teaching you a new skill, or working with you to regain old ones.

I will email you with additional information and my contact details should you have further questions.

Kind regards

Alec Sutton
Neurorehabilitation Manager - Bexley and Greenwich