When you are worried about how your child is moving, developing or recovering, waiting and wondering is the hardest part. PT Kids is a specialist children’s physiotherapy team, and families from Retford see us at our own clinic in Everton, a short drive from Retford — or at home, nursery or school when that suits your child better. Babies through to 19. No GP referral needed.
Book a clinic appointmentCall 07557 537203
A clinic built around children, close to Retford
Our Everton clinic is a quiet, purpose-built space with the specialist equipment we cannot always bring to a home visit. It is calm enough for children who find new places difficult, and set up so that assessment feels like play, not an examination. You will see the same therapist each time, your goals come first, and there is never pressure to commit to anything on the day. Take a look at the clinic.
How we help children from Retford
Babies & early development
You do not need a diagnosis — a concern is enough.
- Delayed development or late milestones
- Not yet rolling, sitting, crawling or walking
- Head shape, head preference and torticollis
- Toe walking and unusual walking patterns
Neurological conditions
Specialist, goal-led rehabilitation, in clinic or in the community.
- Cerebral palsy
- Acquired brain injury (ABI)
- Rehabilitation after SDR surgery
- Neuromuscular and genetic conditions
Pain, injury, MSK & sports injuries
For active children and teenagers who want to get back to what they love.
- Sports injuries, sprains and strains
- Growth-related knee and heel pain
- Back, neck and joint pain
- Hypermobility
Where we see children from Retford
Our Everton clinic
Equipment, space and a setting built for children. Best for assessment and anything needing kit. See the clinic.
At home
Useful for babies, for children who find new places difficult, and for work that has to fit a real daily routine.
Nursery or school
Where the difficulty shows in PE or moving round the building, seeing it there is worth more than seeing it in a clinic.
Your physiotherapist in Retford
You will see the same physiotherapist throughout, not a different person each visit. Continuity matters more in children’s therapy than most people expect — progress comes from someone knowing how your child moves on a bad day as well as a good one. Meet the team.
Fees
We publish what an assessment and follow-up sessions cost, so you can decide before you book rather than after. Fees and what to expect.
An appointment does not commit you to a programme. Plenty of Retford parents book one assessment to find out whether what they are seeing needs therapy at all. Sometimes the answer is that it does not.
Book an appointment at the Everton clinic
Choose a time that suits you below. Not sure which appointment you need, or would rather talk it through first? Call 07557 537203 or email hello@ptkids.co.uk — we are happy to advise.
Case managers, solicitors and professional referrers
PT Kids has provided specialist paediatric physiotherapy and occupational therapy since 2014, with HCPC-registered therapists working across clinic, home and school. We take instruction for assessment, goal-led rehabilitation programmes and reporting for children with complex and neurological needs in Retford and the surrounding area.
Information for case managers · Make a professional referral
SEND support in Nottinghamshire
If your child has additional needs, Nottinghamshire County Council publishes the SEND Local Offer, setting out support available locally across health, education and social care. It runs alongside — rather than instead of — private therapy.
How PT Kids fits alongside the NHS
Many of the families we see are also under an NHS team, and that works well: private physiotherapy runs alongside NHS care, not instead of it, and we are glad to share our findings with your child’s NHS therapist, consultant or school with your consent. If you would like the detail of how the local NHS service and referral route work, it is set out below.
The NHS children’s physiotherapy route for Retford families
Who provides children’s physiotherapy on the NHS in Retford
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust runs the children’s physiotherapy service covering Bassetlaw, which includes Retford. It sees children aged 0–16, and up to 19 in some circumstances, with musculoskeletal or neurological conditions.
Retford is better placed than most of Bassetlaw for this: the children’s therapy centre and child development team are based on North Road in Retford itself, so families here are not travelling the way Worksop families are.
How NHS referral works
Referrals come from a GP, a hospital doctor, a school or nursery, or another health professional. Parents generally cannot refer a child directly into the DBTH children’s physiotherapy service.
NHS route and private route in Retford, side by side
| NHS (DBTH) | PT Kids | |
|---|---|---|
| Who can refer | GP, hospital doctor, school, nursery or another health professional | Contact us directly — no GP referral needed |
| Ages | 0–16, up to 19 in some circumstances | Babies through to teenagers |
| Local base | Child development team, North Road, Retford | Our clinic at Everton |
| Also seen | Community clinics, schools, nurseries, home | Home, nursery, school |
| Cost | Free at the point of use | Paid privately — fees published |
What we can do that the NHS service is not set up to do
This is not a criticism of the DBTH team. They do good work with a fixed budget and a duty to prioritise the children with the greatest clinical need, and we work alongside them — we take referrals from case managers and health professionals as well as from parents.
No referral needed
You can contact us yourself, today, without going through a GP.
No clinical threshold
If your child has been told they do not meet the criteria, that is a resource judgement — not a statement that nothing would help.
You choose the setting
Clinic, home, nursery or school, whichever suits your child.
It runs alongside, not instead
Starting with us does not remove your child from an NHS waiting list.
Local FAQs for Retford
Do you cover Retford?
Yes. We see Retford children at our Everton clinic, and at home, nursery and school across Bassetlaw.
Which NHS trust covers children’s physiotherapy in Retford?
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, for ages 0–16 and up to 19 in some cases. The Bassetlaw child development team is based on North Road in Retford.
Can I refer my own child?
To us, yes — contact us directly, no GP referral needed. For the NHS service in Bassetlaw, referral has to come from a GP, hospital doctor, school, nursery or another health professional.
Is Retford in Yorkshire or Nottinghamshire?
Nottinghamshire — it sits in the Bassetlaw district, which is why its NHS therapy services are shared with Doncaster.
Will seeing you privately affect our NHS referral?
No. Being seen privately does not remove your child from an NHS waiting list, and many families use both.
Not sure whether it needs therapy?
Tell us what you are seeing. We will give you an honest answer, including if that answer is no.
More in Retford and nearby: Worksop · Doncaster · Gainsborough · Children’s physiotherapy · Occupational therapy · Our clinic