OUR SERVICES Services are provided by three clinical divisions which are supported by corporate services.
COMMUNITY SERVICES DIVISION Adult Bladder and Bowel Service This team of expert nurses offer advice, assessment, treatment and management of bladder and bowel dysfunction to all patients who are registered with a Liverpool GP. We also provide advice, support and education to healthcare professionals about patients with complex needs. Adult Community Occupational Therapy The community occupational therapy adult rehabilitation team works with patients, and where appropriate, their main carer
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to support people to remain in their own home. Our aim is to maintain or increase their level of independence and ability to carry out daily living tasks. This is usually following illness or injury but also because of the effects of ageing or long term or life threatening, physical or medical conditions. Adult Community Physiotherapy This team of state registered physiotherapists offers physiotherapy services to adults and aims to promote independence and improve quality of life for people with physical problems caused by accidents, ageing, disease or disability. We assess, treat and support people and depending upon the person’s needs they will be directed to one of our specialist pathways: neurological rehabilitation, care homes, falls prevention or specialist community pathway.
Adult Speech and Language Therapy The specialist therapists support people who are experiencing communication and/or swallowing difficulties and require special intervention from a speech and language therapist. Armistead Centre LGBT Services The Armistead Centre is a free and confidential support, information and sexual health promotion service for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) community. Support for street based sex workers is provided as well as: a safe space for LGBT groups, one to one support, harm reduction, advice on lifestyle, support for parents and carers of LGBT people, counselling and rapid HIV testing.
