Footwear for adaptions

You have been asked to provide footwear to be adapted for your child.

What do I need to do?

When bringing or posting footwear to the hospital for adapting please:

• clearly label the footwear with your child’s name, address and hospital number (if known)
• provide a current daytime telephone number where you can be contacted if necessary
• in the case of a shoe raise, send only the shoe (right of left) which needs to be adapted
• if you have purchased new footwear for this purpose please keep the receipt in case the footwear is not suitable for adapting

What happens next?

If it is the first shoe adaptation that your child has had or if there has been a change in the type of adaptation we may request that your child attends for a fitting appointment to check the function.

For the first adaptation we will start with 1 shoe or 1 pair of shoes to make sure that the adaptation is appropriate and acceptable before adapting further shoes.

If you have been advised that a fitting appointment is not necessary local area patients will be notified by telephone or letter when the adapted footwear is ready for collection from the hospital.

Footwear may be delivered to patients who live some distance away. This is sent out directly by the company who do the adaptations and a courier is used. Your consent is required for your address to be given out to the company.

How long will it take?

The standard time for adaptations is 2 to 3 weeks.

How many shoes can we have adapted?

The standard is 3 pairs per shoe size as your child grows. Should the child wear out the shoes before they are outgrown, a further pair will be adapted.

Where do I send footwear to?

The Orthotic Department, Blue Outpatients Department

Sheffield Children’s Hospital

Western Bank

Sheffield

S10 2TH