Our Background

Specialist Provider of Community Physiotherapy.

About KCP

Kent Community Physio (KCP) is a clinically-led, small team of local Chartered Physiotherapists with decades of experience working in hospital and community settings.

We pride ourselves in delivering fast and responsive physiotherapy to adults either in their own homes or a residential setting including Residential and Nursing Homes.

KCP was founded in 2024 with the belief that everyone regardless of their personal circumstances has the right to timely rehabilitation that focuses on supporting recovery, improving quality of life and enabling independence.

All members of KCP are fully insured, registered with the Health and Care Professions Council and hold enhanced DBS checks.

KCP currently provide community physiotherapy to those within the Canterbury, Whitstable, Faversham and Herne Bay areas. However, If you do not live within these areas please get in touch as we may be able to help (additional mileage charges may apply)

Experience

With decades of combined experience working in both the NHS and Private sectors KCPs team has extensive experience of both community and hospital settings. KCP physiotherapists are registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and the Charted Society of Physiotherapists (CSP) and are passionate about ensuring that everyone has the right to access timely and reliable physiotherapy in an environment that is suitable to their needs.

KCP understands the complexity of each individual and we provide bespoke rehabilitation for a number of conditions and individualised circumstances. These can include but not limited too:

• The assessment and treatment for those planning to have or recovering from planned elective surgeries such as joint replacements as well as general surgery.

• Those returning home from hospital or to a temporary place of residence want to improve their independence

• Supporting people to reduce their care needs

• Support people who are at risk of falls

• Supporting people who are at risk of repeated hospital admissions

• Supporting older people, including those with dementia/Alzheimer’s – ensuring new ways to encourage patients to reach their goals through functional activities

Conditions:

KCP are specialists in supporting people at home this includes the ability to support those with multiple-comorbidities and a variety of medical conditions including but not limited too:

• Frailty (for the young and older)

• Hospital acquired de-conditioning

• Stroke

• Parkinson's Disease

• Guillain Barre Syndrome (GBS)

• Motor Neurone Disease

• Multiple Sclerosis

• Post critical care / long hospital stay

• Covid-19 / Long Covid

• COPD

• Bronchiectasis

• Emphysema

• Cancer/Palliative care

Settings:

KCP provide physiotherapy in a number of community settings, this can include

• Peoples own homes

• Care homes

• Nursing homes

• Residential settings.

Occasionally people may be discharged from hospital to short term placements known as ‘Step-down-beds’ whilst awaiting for their package of care service to commence. KCP has the ability to support you during this period to ensure that you do not decondition further, and where possible expediate your discharge back home in a timely and safe manner.

KCP also offers the ability to undertake Tele-rehabilitation via the use of video or voice calls. However this may not be appropriate for everyone and will only be offered as clinically safe to do so.

What Makes KCP Different?

We love working with and seeing our patients achieve goals that are important to them. This can be as simple as being able to stand independently, feed their pet or access the local community. We take the time required to understand exactly what is important to our patients.

We work alongside other paid and unpaid carers to ensure that if you are receiving personal care needs that this is undertaken with an enablement focus, ensuring that you are an active part in your care.

At KCP we will regularly review your goals, we will only see you for as long as clinically indicated, and discuss your progress with you. We will change and adapt your treatment plan depending on your wishes. KCP is also proud to offer a free non-obligation follow-up phone call 1 week after you have been discharged from our service to ensure that you are maintaining or progressing with your goals or to help resolve any concerns you may have.

We have a range of KCP payment packages available for you to choose the flexibility that best suits you – please see Our Services page for more information.

Every person who enquires about our services will be given a free 20mins screening phone call to confirm your requirements and to ascertain your suitability to our service.

KCP has a true passion and commitment to ensuring that every patient is treated individually, if you book with us, you will be getting a physiotherapist who take a holistic approach to your assessment and treatment.