Orthotics
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Our Orthotics department (also known as Surgical Appliances) provides a range of appliances, to patients to help them recover from injury or improve the quality of life for people with with lifelong conditions.
- Base: Queen Elizabeth Hospital and University Hospital Lewisham
- Service Category: 2
- Address: Various sites,
About the service
We provide orthotic services at University Hospital Lewisham and Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
Our Orthotics department (also known as Surgical Appliances) provides a range of appliances, such as knee supports, stockings, wigs and pocketed bras to patients to help them recover from injury or improve the quality of life for people with with lifelong conditions.
We provide a range of Orthotics services, including the supply and fitting of:
- Orthopaedic footwear
- Insoles
- Ankle/foot orthoses
- Splints
- Surgical collars
- Specialist support/compression stockings
- Breast prosthesis and wigs.
Conditions we can treat
We provide a range of appliances to help patients with conditions, including:
- Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) - a blood clot in one of the deep veins in the body
- Osteoarthritis (OA)
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Leg length discrepancy
- Flat feet
- Alopecia
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) - a condition that causes pain, numbness and a tingling sensation in the hand and fingers
- Back pain
How we can help
Services available
We provide the following appliances:
- insoles
- footwear
- stockings
- wigs
- AFO (ankle foot orthosis)
- wrist splints
- lumbar supports
- knee supports
- pocketed bras
How to get a referral
We can accept referrals from:
- Consultants at our hospitals
- Physiotherapists
- GPs in our catchment areas of Greenwich and Lewisham
- The musculoskeletal (MSK) pathway
Locations
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Main Outpatients, Area D, Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Phone: 020 8836 4548
University Hospital Lewisham
Suite 1, Purple Zone, University Hospital Lewisham
Phone: 020 8333 3211
Email: LH.surgicalappliances@nhs.net
Lewisham clinic opening hours
Our clinic is available Tuesday to Thursday each week:
- Tuesday: 9.30am to 12.30pm / 2pm to 4pm
- Wednesday: 9.30am to 12.30pm / 2pm to 4pm
- Thursday: 9.30am to 1.30pm / 2pm to 4pm
People referred by their GP for wrist splints are advised to telephone the clinic on 020 8333 3211 to check opening times for that week.
Please note: we can only issue wrist splits for carpel tunnel syndrome.
Soft neck collars will not be issued via direct GP referral.
New Orthotist Clinics (Lewisham): Available by Appointment only
- Tuesday: 9am to 1pm / 1.30pm to 4.30pm
- Thursday: 9am to 1pm / 1.30pm to 4.30pm