Health and wellbeing services available to children with disabilities

There are many Health Services available to support children with SEN and disabilities and their families. In West Berkshire, some of these services are provided by the Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust (BHFT) and some are provided by the Royal Berkshire Hospital Trust (RBH).

Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust provides:

  1. health visitors
  2. speech and language therapy
  3. occupational therapy
  4. physiotherapy
  5. dieticians
  6. school nursing
  7. community nursing
  8. the community dentist
  9. mental health services

Royal Berkshire Hospital provides

  1. a children's clinic
  2. speech and language therapy
  3. occupational therapy
  4. physioptherapy
  5. hearing services
  6. paediatric dietitians

If children need an occupational therapy assessment in the home, this would be done by an occupational therapist from the Children with Disabilities Team within West Berkshire Council (and not by an occupational therapist from Health). Please see details of the Children with Disabilities Team under Care and Support for Families.

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