This weekend Jack has fallen over 4 times - is now sporting a purple bruise on his forehead and a bump on the back of his head!! It's been upsetting for us as we are still waiting for a physio appt due to his mobility problems. We've had great support with Portage and language and speech therapy but it seems that everyone is concentrating on Jacks communication when our concerns lie more with his mobility. We are thinking now that because he can walk around unaided the 'specialists' don't see how concerned we are that he still falls over so much because he can't sit down or stand up by himself.

Jack's Portage lady comes here on 13 April and I'm going to have to strongly express my concerns about his mobility problems but does anyone know of a quicker way to get physio for our children? It was 8 months ago now that we first saw a Physio who told us that the waiting list for regular sessions would be about 6 months. Is private physio expensive?

I would phone and be a pest and speak to portage too....do you have anyone who could contact physio for you and moan? my health visitor offered to contact OT for me to push it through....

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it must depend on what system the hospital uses? all my sons speech, ot, physio are in the same building and they work together as a team. does your son have regular appts with a consultant? maybe you could use that route? just dont take no for an answer! good luck

like lexie lamb all my sons team are in the same building xx
cud ur gp not refer him and chase it up??
hope u get an appointment soon xx

Private physio costs around £40 per hour (or it did when I looked!)
I would definetely as your health visitor or consultant or GP for a refferal.