NHS Tayside Children and Young People's Physiotherapy Service

01/01/2026

🎉Wishing all our patients, families, colleagues and followers a very healthy and happy 2026 🎉

25/12/2025

18/12/2025

Just to advise that this afternoon's advice line 4-6pm is the final session of 2025.

The advice line will resume again on Tuesday 6th January 2026

Thank you for all your calls over the past year - it has been a very busy year for us! We hope that you find the service useful and always welcome feedback.

Wishing you all a safe, healthy and happy Christmas and wonderful New Year from all of us in the Child Health Physiotherapy Team 🎅

NHS Tayside Health Visiting Service

30/10/2025

Exciting opportunity….please get in touch if you would like to chat to someone about the post 🎃

🎃👻 A Frightfully Fantastic Opportunity Awaits! 🧙🧛

Are you a physiotherapist with a passion for helping little pumpkins (aka children!) reach their full potential? Then this spooktacular role is for you!

🧠 Band 6 Physiotherapist – Child Health Service
📍 Based at Armitstead Child Development Centre, Dundee
🕒 Full-time | 37 hrs/week (reducing to 36 hrs from April 2026 – same pay!)
💰 NHS Scotland Salary + CPD & Career Development Opportunities

🕷️ What You’ll Be Doing:

🎃Delivering universal, targeted & specialist interventions for children aged 0–5
🎃Working in nurseries, homes, clinics & as part of the Integrated Therapy Team
🎃Collaborating with education and health professionals across Tayside
🎃Making a real difference in the lives of children and young people

🧙We’re Looking For:

🕷️A qualified physiotherapist with great communication skills
🕷️A team player committed to multidisciplinary working
🕷️Someone ready to grow their skills in a supportive, dynamic environment

📞 Informal Enquiries:
Contact Lynne Rule, AHP Service Manager – 📞 01382 823023

📧 Shortlisted applicants will be contacted by email – don’t let your invite vanish into the spam abyss!

🦇 Apply now and be part of a team that’s more treat than trick – where every day is a chance to enchant young lives with care and compassion! https://buff.ly/QCQMQkn

25/08/2025

‼ Advice Line Closed for Physio Tues 26th Aug ‼

Unfortunately there will not be a physiotherapist available for calls on the Advice Line on Tuesday 26th August.

Normal service will resume on Thursday 28th August when you can speak to a physiotherapist between 4-pm on (01382) 740317

Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

NHS Tayside Health Visiting Service
NHS Tayside Children and Young People's Speech and Language Therapy Service
NHS Tayside Children and Young People's Occupational Therapy Service

08/08/2025

Big thanks to The Archie Foundation Tayside for their support to our service which ultimately is all about helping children and Young people across Tayside 😀 🙏🏻 ✈️

We’re so proud to support the incredible team of allied health professionals at NHS Tayside NHS Tayside Children and Young People's Physiotherapy Service who go that extra mile to think of creative, child friendly ways to incorporate physio!

It makes our day when we receive feedback like this from the team on the impact that the funded resources from The Archie Foundation are having! 🥰💕

‘’We had a lovely oncology clinic on Monday and got to use a few of our new items funded by The Archie Foundation Tayside.

Our new glider planes went down an absolute treat! The children loved them and we got to do ‘sneaky physio’ adding in different challenges all while they thought they were just throwing planes at my face 🤣

One of the children who was initially reluctant, warmed up to the activity after seeing the planes, and at the end, he said he had a great time and wants to do it again next week.

We had a lovely group going of kids with various diagnoses and various function involving mobility and vision but we were able to adapt and get them all playing together and provide a bit of fun, physio and distraction from being in clinic.

The parents all got to get together and have some adult time and just watch their kids play and have fun! The nurses also commented that they loved watching us play in clinic, thank you!’’ Gina, Paediatric Physiotherapist, Acute Child Health Physiotherapy.

06/08/2025

22/07/2025

Child Health Physiotherapy Assessment Day (CHPAD) - An Innovative Initiative 🤩

The Child Health Physiotherapy Team carried out a patient assessment day on 20 May 2025, which aimed to streamline assessments for children on the physiotherapy waiting list.

The day involved six physiotherapists, 4 support workers, and a podiatrist shadowing at Perth Royal Infirmary’s Sunflower Centre.

Each patient underwent a structured journey including assessment, guided exercises, and follow-up advice, supported by pre-prepared resources and dedicated staff roles to ensure smooth flow and feedback collection. Podiatry offered on-the-spot advice and accepted referrals on the day. 29 patients attended with their parents/carers.

Feedback from children, families and staff was overwhelmingly positive, highlighting good communication, great teamwork, patients/families felt listened to, and valued the "one-stop shop" approach.

Plans are underway to repeat this event with increased participation, holding days in various Tayside localities and inviting other partners to be involved. Our next one takes place in Dundee in August and we hope will be just as successful 🙂

NHS Tayside Women, Children & Families Service

03/06/2025

Switching the direction Baby sleeps every night can help prevent flat spots on Baby's head. Learn how it works and other plagiocephaly prevention tips.

29/05/2025

‼ No Physiotherapist on Advice Line ‼

Due to unforeseen circumstances there will be no physiotherapist available to speak to on the advice line today.

The advice line will run again on Tuesday 3rd June 9.30-11.30am on (01382) 740317

NHS Tayside Health Visiting Service
NHS Tayside Children and Young People's Speech and Language Therapy Service

08/05/2025

‼️ Advice Line Closed Today for Physiotherapy ‼️

Apologies but due to unforeseen circumstances there is no-one available from physiotherapy on the Advice Line tonight.

The next Advice Line is on Tuesday 13th May 9.30-11.30am

08/05/2025

Active Dundee in partnership with Community Sport Hubs in Dundee are running a 6-week multi-sport programme for P4-S6 young people with a physical disability, learning disability, visual impairment, hearing loss or additional support needs, as we aim to develop more opportunities in community sport.

Multi Sport Programme (West End):
Dates - Tuesday 13th May - Tuesday 17th June
Time - 5pm-6pm
Where - Tayview Primary School, 180 Dickson Avenue, Dundee, DD2 4EH.
Cost - Free

Multi Sport Programme (East End):
Dates - Thursday 15th May - Thursday 19th June
Time - 4pm-5pm
Where - Forthill Community Sports Club, Fintry Place, Broughty Ferry, DD5 3BL.
Cost - Free

Scan the QR code below for more info and to sign up 👇

Dundee Active Schools