Toggle Site Contrast Toggle Site Contrast

Referrals and Professional Portal

Who can refer?

We accept referrals from medical and educational professionals for children and young people with a GP registered in Luton and Central Bedfordshire.

We unfortunately cannot consider self-referrals.

What to refer

We assess children and young people with neurodevelopmental difficulties and long term conditions that:

  • Physically affect the child’s everyday life and how they function
  • Cause pain or discomfort
  • Have led to a regression with their physical skills

Red flags at any age:

  • Strong parental concern
  • Regression or loss of a physical skill
  • Differences between right and left sides of the body/asymmetry
  • Low tone or high tone that is affecting development
  • Persistent joint/muscle pain, night pain or early morning stiffness.

Developmental delay guidance

The Early Years Movement Hub

Age Range Motor skills referral guidance
3 months Not fixing and following

Not grasping objects when placed in hands

Not able to lift head when in prone for short periods

6 months Not bringing hands to midline

Not exploring objects with hands and mouth

Not holding head in supported sitting

Not holding head and shoulders up when in prone

9 months Do not hold objects

Not rolling

Not sitting without support

Not moving – wiggling, creeping, crawling

Not taking weight on legs when held in standing

12 months No independent mobility – crawling, creeping, bottom shuffling

Not pulling to stand at support

18 months Not standing independently

Not attempting to walk without support

2 years Not walking independently

Not able to walk up stairs holding on

3 years Not running and attempting to jump

Not able to walk up stairs independently

4 years Not able to walk, run, jump and climb stairs confidently

Not able to kick a ball

5 years Not able to walk, run, jump and climb independently

Not able to stand on one leg for a few seconds

Referral form

Type Name Download
application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document Paediatric physiotherapy referral form Download Document application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document - Paediatric physiotherapy referral form