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ReACH Services
Introduction
Location
The Team is based in Ward 3, Falkirk Community Hospital
Services
The Area Rehabilitation Service has been established to serve the people of the Forth Valley Board area, and has a community focus. The service will provide assessment and rehabilitation for people in the 16-64 age group who have a physical disability or brain injury through trauma or progressive disease and provide support and training for relatives and carers. It is our objective to develop a locally based service to meet the expressed views of users and carers in partnership with General Practitioners, Local Authorities, Social Workers and the Voluntary Sectors.
The Service Provides:
- a multidisciplinary care team of professionals who provide assessment and rehabilitation in the persons' own homes setting, including nursing homes.
- a multidisciplinary assessment, held either at a clinic or within the person's own home.
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rehabilitation goals are then set together with the individual and/or their carer.
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treatment focuses on improving function until goals have been achieved.
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information and education for people with disability and their carers on the range of assistance and services available in the Forth Valley.
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liaison with regional specialist centres to co-ordinate discharge planning arrangements and support to enable patients to return to their own homes within the Forth Valley area.
Contacts
Bette Locke, Service Manager
Tel - 01324 624000 ext 5177
Dr Robert Prempeh, Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine
Tel - 01324 624000 ext 5177
Referrals
The service is pleased to receive enquires from all sources, who should either write or phone with details to:
Gillian McAlpine
Administrative Secretary
Area Rehabilitation Service
Falkirk Community Hospital
Majors Loan
Falkirk
Tel - 01324 624000 Ext 5177
Waiting Times
Waiting times are variable depending on the demands of the service. Currently the waiting times are approximately
- Urgent - The patient will be seen usually within a couple of working days, sometimes more quickly depending on the referral
- Soon - Within 4 weeks
- Routine -12 weeks
Service Hours/ Clinic Times
The Area Rehabilitation Service operates between Monday to Friday, from 8.30am to 4.30pm
- Wheelchair Clinics - Run in the Area Rehabilitation Department (in association with WestMARC Tel - 0141 201 2624)
- MS Clinics - Run on alternate Tuesday afternoons and Friday mornings in Stirling Community Hospital and Falkirk Community Hospital (in conjunction with )
- Spasticity Management Clinics - Run monthly in the Area Rehabilitation Department
- MND Clinics - Held in Stirling Community Hospital on a monthly basis (in conjunction with Forth Valley Neurology Services)
Get In Touch
General Enquiries
NHS Forth Valley
Board Headquarters
Carseview House
Castle Business Park
Stirling
FK9 4SW
t - 01786 463031
We are happy to consider requests to provide information in other languages please contact 01786 442580. For translated information about health services in Scotland please visit Health in my Language