Age Range
Birth to 16
About the Practice
When your child needs NHS physio around Bournemouth and Poole, UHD is the local hospital route parents need to understand. University Hospitals Dorset Children’s Physiotherapy Bournemouth helps Bournemouth families understand what physical support their child needs and what can change at home, school, clinic or hospital. The focus is practical progress: better movement, safer confidence, clearer exercises and less fear around the next step.
Clinical Expertise
Inpatient, outpatient, injury, illness, disability, MSK and paediatric rehabilitation
Movement, coordination, strength and family-facing exercise planning
Gait, balance, mobility and rehabilitation support by pathway
Why Work With Us?
UHD Children’s Physio Route: Parents get a clearer route through movement, development or rehabilitation concerns, with the right level of paediatric physiotherapy input for the child in front of them.
Practical Parent Guidance: Support looks beyond a single exercise sheet and connects therapy with the places where your child actually has to move, play, learn and recover.
Poole and Bournemouth Access: Poole Hospital and Bournemouth surrounding areas options help families across Bournemouth, Westbourne, Poole, Ashley Cross, Christchurch, Boscombe, Wimborne, Dorset and the New Forest choose a pathway that fits the child, the timetable and the level of clinical need.
Birth to 16
Poole Hospital and Bournemouth surrounding areas
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Paediatric physiotherapy assessment, movement observation and goal-based treatment planning
Private providers may accept parent enquiries; NHS/community pathways may require referral
Ask about written plans, school liaison and professional reports
Inpatient, outpatient, injury, illness, disability, MSK and paediatric rehabilitation
Ask about sensory-motor regulation where relevant
Movement, mobility, posture, play, school participation and everyday physical confidence
Ask about written plans, school liaison and professional reports
Poole Hospital and Bournemouth surrounding areas
NHS paediatric physiotherapy team
Inpatient, outpatient, injury, illness, disability, MSK and paediatric rehabilitation
Movement, coordination, strength and family-facing exercise planning
Strength, posture, mobility, confidence and daily physical participation
Ask about cerebral palsy, neurodisability and complex needs fit before booking
Gait, balance, mobility and rehabilitation support by pathway
Birth to 16
Poole Hospital and Bournemouth surrounding areas
Ask about orthotics, equipment and postural management where relevant
Ask about written plans, school liaison and professional reports
NHS safeguarding process
NHS paediatric physiotherapy team
Poole Hospital and Bournemouth surrounding areas
Bournemouth