Working as a seafarer is one of the UK’s most challenging jobs and the number of work-related injuries is high. Time spent at sea means it can be difficult to get treatment, so the Seafarers Hospital Society supports free, fast track physiotherapy for working seafarers.
Seafarers Physiotherapy Network
In partnership with Harbourside Physiotherapy we have developed a network of physiotherapists who have practices close to the harbour. Network members in Cornwall, Devon, Scotland, and Northern Ireland, provide free treatment to working fishers.
They are trained and supported to provide a holistic and preventative approach to physiotherapy services.
Our physiotherapy network
in numbers
14
Physios across the Physio Network
420
Number of sessions provided
108
Number of seafarers accessing treatment
Connect PhysioLine
Since 2011 the Seafarers Hospital Society has been funding free physiotherapy for working seafarers run by Connect Health. The service is available to merchant seafarers and fishers throughout the UK.
To access the service phone Connect PhysioLine on 0191 247 5000 to speak to a physiotherapist for advice and support. If they think you need hands-on treatment they will arrange for you to see someone locally, at no cost to you.
Seafarers Physiotherapy Network
The Society has been working with Harbourside Clinic in Newlyn since 2007, offering physiotherapy to local fishers. This is a well-established and extremely effective service for fishers and merchant seafarers in the West Cornwall area. Network members in Cornwall, Devon, Scotland and Northern Ireland provide free treatment to working fishers and merchant seafarers. They are trained and supported by the team at Harbourside to provide a holistic and preventative approach to physiotherapy services for fishers and merchant seafarers. And all treatment costs are covered by the Seafarers Hospital Society.
To book an appointment call Harbourside Physiotherapy on 01736 366 224.
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