I would have thought that you should have been automatically referred on to
the physiotherapy dept. of the hospital that plastered you. Perhaps weekly
appointments to start with.
Why not see if such a facility is available to you.

The basic flaw in you r reasoning is ... this is Shropshire IIRC

Right! The Telford consultant said he wouldn't refer me for physio, purely
because 'that department is very busy'.

I'm not bothered by that, if it means that more seriously injured folk than me
are getting treated