About Us

Edinburgh Community Physiotherapy Service serves Edinburgh CHP. The role of the CHP is to make a measurable improvement in local population health and provide higher quality, accessible, joined up services to local communities.

The role of the Community Physiotherapy Service is:

• To provide a skilled, accessible and equitable musculoskeletal and rehabilitation service for the population of the City of Edinburgh , in a variety of out-patient, domiciliary and hospital environments
• To provide users with timely, individualised and clinically effective care, including preventative care, screening, assessment, treatment and advice to alleviate pain, maximise function and promote self-management
• To provide clinical education and specialist teaching to undergraduate and post-graduate physiotherapists and other health care professionals