Sussex patients treated closer to home thanks to new “outreach clinic”
Post-operative patients and self-referred private patients of The Horder Centre are now able to receive treatment closer to home thanks to a new outreach physiotherapy service launched in Eastbourne.
Two clinics a week are being offered, by The Horder Centre, at the Apollo Centre, part of the Princess Park Health Centre in Eastbourne to give patients easier access to follow-up treatment.
Patients in Eastbourne and the surrounding towns, one of The Horder Centre’s core catchment areas, previously had to return to The Horder Centre or other clinics for their post-operative physiotherapy.
The new physiotherapy outreach service at the Apollo not only provides convenient follow-up treatment, but also allows The Horder Centre to monitor outcomes more closely among post-operative patients.
Debra Stork, Lead Outpatient Physiotherapist at The Horder Centre, is running the clinics with her team and they are already proving very popular.
Karen Bruton, Outpatients Services Development Manager, said: “Here at The Horder Centre we are committed to giving patients the best possible access to our services. By launching outreach clinics at the Apollo, we are greatly enhancing our ability to deliver effective post-operative physiotherapy.
“Patients are of course able to choose to return to The Horder Centre, but we have found that those in the Eastbourne area prefer to visit a local clinic.
“By delivering an official Horder Centre outreach service, we can monitor closely patient outcomes and ensure appointment times best suit users. So far, the clinics have proved extremely popular and we hope to expand our services at the Apollo in the months to come”.
For more details about the services offered by The Horder Centre at the Apollo Centre, located in Wartling Road, Eastbourne, please call 01892 600815 or contact karenbruton@horder.co.uk
