Our Rehabilitation Services
Enabling people to live as independently as possible by maximising their personal goals
Communication, Voice and Swallowing
Our Speech and Language Therapy service provides specialist assessment, diagnosis and treatment to adults in East Sussex with acquired communication, voice and swallowing difficulties:
Food Management and Nutrition
Our Nutrition and Dietetics service specialises in assessment and advice about food, health and nutrition:
Inpatient Rehabilitation
As part of your recovery from an operation, stroke or trauma, you may need to start your rehabilitation as an inpatient. This may be in one of our acute hospital sites or at our intermediate care sites based at the Bexhill Irvine Unit and Rye, Winchelsea and District Memorial Hospital:
And you may have contact with one or more of our rehabilitation services:
MSK (Musculo-skeletal) disorders
Musculo-skeletal (MSK) Therapy services are a group of departments that work together to support patients with musculo-skeletal conditions, which are diseases and injuries relating to muscles, bones and joints:
Neurological services
During your treatment for a neurological disorder, you may have contact with one or more of our services to support your rehabilitation:
Rehabilitation at Home
Our services aim to support you in a number of ways either virtually or in your own familiar setting, e.g., to recover faster from illness or injury through self-management strategies, support timely discharge from hospital, or prevent an unnecessary hospital admission:
Respiratory
Our Regional East Sussex Pulmonary Service (RESPs) provides you with support, advice, interventions and management appropriate to your needs and wishes:
Strength, Mobility and Balance
Our services aim to support you in a number of ways in your own familiar setting, eg to recover faster from illness or injury and support timely discharge from hospital, or prevent an unnecessary hospital admission:
Urgent Rehabilitation Support
If you are experiencing a deterioration in your health, our Crisis Response team can support you with the aim of keeping you out of hospital, and in a familiar setting:
Wellbeing/Changing Effects on your Mind
If you are experiencing a low point in your life and experiencing stress, anxiety and depression, the Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust offers a free service for anyone in East Sussex experiencing these kinds of difficulties: