Bodybalance Physiotherapy & Sports Injury Clinic is OPEN for both face-to-face appointments and virtual appointments at our Golders Green, Hatfield and Elstree clinics.
As part of our commitment to providing a Covid-safe environment for face-to-face appointments; we have made some changes to the clinic layout, sourced all the necessary PPE, updated our processes and provided Covid-specific training to all staff. These measures are deemed by Public Health England to be sufficiently effective that your trip to visit your physio at Bodybalance is exempt from the Track & Trace process (so long as both you and the physio are in the appropriate PPE).
We will continue to also offer virtual appointments when a face-to-face appointment is not required or when you might prefer not to come into the clinic. Over the past few months virtual appointments have proved very effective for many people, and many people are continuing to request virtual appointments because of the convenience.
As always, we remain able to bill to your private medical insurance for face to face appointments, and most insurers are also approving virtual appointments as part of your standard policy (we suggest you check with your insurer first). Self-funded appointments, of course, are always welcome.
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What you need to know about the changes to our services:
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The health and wellbeing of our clients and our team will always be central to our clinical purpose. As a result of COVID-19, we have made a number of changes to our usual practice in order to protect everyone. Below is a summary of these changes and the considerations which we feel are important to know.
The actions we are doing to help reduce the risk of Covid-19 infection include:
- Individual risk assessments of each patient’s needs – all initial assessments will occur virtually before a decision is made to see someone in person, and where face to face appointments are not essential, follow up appointments may continueto be conducted virtually
- Screening of all persons who attend the clinic, including questioning about Covid-19 symptoms and temperature checks
- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) will be worn by all clinicians at face-to-face appointments – including hand gloves, masks, face shields and aprons
- Additional Covid-19 specific training is being undertaken by our whole team
- Re organisation of the clinic environment and waiting areas to ensure adequate spacing, as well as use of protective screens where spacing is not as practical
- Enhanced cleaning of the clinical environment and rehab equipment, including use of disinfectant wipes on all hard surfaces between each appointment, and replacing furniture where necessary to ensure surfaces can be cleaned more easily
- Adjusted appointment scheduling to reduce the volume of people in the clinic at any one time and to allow for cleaning time between appointments (our online booking system has been temporarily disabled to help control this)
- Moving to a paperless system in the clinic, including setting up online client registration options and only accepting payment by card or billing via private medical insurance.
We are aware that the public continues to have a need for our services, particularly for face-to-face appointments. In fact, we have found that the demand for our services is very high and our clinic is busier than ever. Whilst we want to be able to help everyone and are aware of the pressure to return to business as usual, we continue to follow the advice of the government and our regulatory bodies and are mindful that our duty of care means we have a legal responsibility to provide a reasonable standard of care to our clients and to act in ways that protect their safety. If this means we cannot offer you a face-to-face appointment, we apologise. We really do want to help you, but must prioritise the safety of our staff and the wider community first.
Any risk assessment regarding face-to-face appointments will need to consider whether the benefits of seeing someone in the clinic is greater than the risk of transmission of Covid-19. We want to be able to offer the safest possible environment for all.
Anyone attending for a face-to-face appointment must be able to pass any risk assessment and be able to make an informed consent to attend the clinic in person, including being aware that Covid-19 is still present in the wider community and that despite all measures we take, we cannot guarantee there is no risk of transmission.
