Physiotherapy in the Community A Descriptive Study of Fourteen Schemes

Data about the patients being treated, the staff providing the service, and various organisational matters were collected during a two week period in the spring of 1976 from 14 schemes ;rhich provided physiotherapy outside

hospitals. The schemes were selected to provide a wide geographical distribution and to include examples of schemes based in general practices, health centres, and hospitals, as well as other schemes. As there was no comprehensive national list available of all schemes of community physiotherapy, it was not possible to obtain a random or representative saID91e of schemes.