Outpatient services - amputee service
Amputee physiotherapy service
Westmead Hospital has the largest amputee service in NSW.
Westmead Hospital physiotherapy amputee service provides assessment and rehabilitation for upper limb and lower limb outpatient amputees.
Any inpatient at Westmead Hospital who has had a recent amputation or is about to undergo an amputation is referred to the amputee physiotherapy service for ongoing management.
Current inpatients at Westmead Hospital will be referred to their closest amputee service and clinic on discharge for ongoing management.
Those who have undergone their amputation at another hospital and require ongoing physiotherapy at Westmead Hospital can be referred directly to the physiotherapy department or to the amputee clinic for assessment.
The amputee clinic
The amputee clinic is conducted at Westmead Hospital's university clinics every second and fourth Tuesday of the month from 2pm.
Outpatients may be referred directly to these clinics by faxed referral from medical officers or general practitioners.
Telephone: (02) 8890 7800
Fax: (02) 9633 5952
Prosthetic service provider
APC Prostheitc Centre at Northmead is the contracted prosthetic service provider for Westmead Hospital.
Telephone: (02) 9890 8123
Address: 2 Redbank Road Northmead, NSW 2152
General outpatient rehabilitation
Patients assessed and treated include those with complex orthopaedic and medical conditions and those with general mobility problems and/or a history of falls.