The Prosthetics Service provides upper and lower limb care to approximately 52% of Scotland’s population. Clinics are conducted at WestMARC and at a satellite clinic at NHS Ayrshire and Arran, University Hospital, Ayr to provide new limbs and carry out maintenance and repairs for existing limb users.
We have an onsite workshop where our technical team manufacture and repair new and existing artificial limbs. This service works with Strathclyde University to provide placements for students. There are also close links to Finding Your Feet, a charity who support families affected by amputation or limb absence.
Our clinics deliver life long prosthetic care for individuals with amputation and/or congenital absence of a limb. This may include patients with multiple level limb absence and/or complex clinical requirements who are currently inpatient admissions or outpatient cases.
WestMARC serves as one of the locations for the Specialist Prosthetics Service. It is responsible for the assessment, prescription and provision of state-of-the-art (SOTA) prostheses. A single multidisciplinary team based over two sites, WestMARC and the SMART centre at Astley Ainslie Hospital in Edinburgh, deliver this national service for eligible limb users.
Patient referrals are received by the service from:
By completing the WestMARC Prosthetic Referral form.
British Association of Chartered Physiotherapist in Limb Absence Rehabilitation (BACPAR). WestMARC Knee Guides.
WestMARC Physiotherapy staff along with team at Finding Your Feet have produced a series of instructional videos on transfers for new amputees:-
Bed to upright
Wheelchair to bed with board
Wheelchair to bed with pillow
Bed to wheelchair with pillow
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