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Jules Pentney, a second-year occupational therapy student at Salford University, discusses why she is passionate about social prescribing and how it has the power to improve peoples physical and mental health.

We have temporarily paused our rolling programme of placement opportunities for pre-registration learners (students and apprentices) while we review and improve the offering. Over 150 learners have joined us since we introduced the program in January 2022. We value the feedback from learners,...

We’re asking all members working in rehabilitation settings to complete our survey on the issues affecting rehabilitation services across the UK. The survey launches today and will close at 11pm on Sunday 27 March . It should take around 10 – 15 minutes to complete and can be accessed here . We’re...

The Government in England has published its response to its recent consultation looking at mandatory vaccinations as a condition of employment in the health and social care settings in England. On 2 February 2022 the Government announced that it would consult on the legal requirement for staff...

No one can fail to be moved by the heart-breaking scenes taking place in Ukraine. Every day through the media we continue to see and hear the traumatic events taking place. We, at RCOT, stand firmly with the people of Ukraine and categorically condemn the invasion by Russia. War is never the...

The R&D Bulletin newsletter will be launching as a monthly email this spring. Hear about our latest research news, events and publications, plus funding and career development opportunities. Perfect for any occupational therapist or learner interested or engaged in research. You can sign up now...

Here are the main places to research the history of occupational therapy in the UK: RCOT Email: library@rcot.co.uk Holds archive of RCOT publications, Specialist Section newsletters and journals, including: • Journal of the Association of Occupational Therapists, 1938 – 1949 * • Occupational...

We are encouraging all members across the UK who work in or with people in Parkinson’s services to register for the UK Parkinson’s 2022 Audit . The Audit takes place every two years and is a quality improvement tool for Parkinson's services. It looks at areas where services can improve, what’s...

Throughout 2022, Steve Ford, Chief Executive, and Karin Orman, Assistant Director – Professional Practice, will be hosting a series of discussion events about how we can support you and lead the profession boldly with a stronger voice. The first event will take place on Wednesday 13 April 2022, 12-...

If you’re a senior leader or decision maker, get involved in our RCOT Leadership Forum. Steve Ford, Chief Executive, and Karin Orman, Director – Practice and Innovation, will be hosting a series of discussion events throughout 2022 about how we can support you and lead the profession boldly with a...

Virtual Coffee Chat: We are aiming for a Virtual Coffee Chat on MS Teams on Thursday 10 March 2022, 8pm-9pm. It would be great to meet some of you virtually. We’d particularly like to chat through how best to use our networking time at the conference, as well as plans for the coming year. Please...

We’re encouraging the occupational therapy community in Northern Ireland to call on their local candidates to support our manifesto in the upcoming Northern Ireland Assembly Election. We’ve shared ways below for you to contact your MLA candidates. Ahead of the election on Thursday 5 May 2022, we’re...

We want to hear from occupational therapists across the UK on proposals by the UK Government on whether occupational therapy should be a regulated profession. The UK Government has launched a consultation looking at the future statutory regulation of all healthcare professions in the UK. It is...

We want people everywhere to value the life-changing power of occupational therapy. So, in this year’s Northern Ireland Assembly election, we’re calling on all candidates to support the three key asks of our manifesto. These asks place occupational therapy at the centre of health and social care in...

Tuesday 15 March, 6.00-7.30pm Online, free to attend Delivered by Karen Whalley Hammell EDB Insights: Occupational Rights – Book now On Tuesday 15 March 2022 we’re welcoming Karen Whalley Hammell, Honorary Professor, Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy, at the University...

We’re happy to announce the acceptance of the following 2022 RCOT Annual Awards. Through these awards our members will be able to take part in research, learning and development activities such as training courses, placements and research projects. We’ve awarded over £6,500 in total and we’re...

Hear from Kalimah Ibrahiim about her experiences as our Council member for England and ensuring representation on RCOT/BAOT Council.

Council member for Scotland, Samantha shares her excitement for the profession’s future and what’s involved in being a Council member.

February marks LGBT History Month. A month to reflect on the past and think forward into the future.

Ticket bookings are now open for our 2022 Elizabeth Casson Memorial Lecture with Dr Sidney Chu, taking place online on Thursday 28 April at 6.30-7.45pm. Dr Sidney Chu will give this year’s prestigious lecture, Optimising performance, clinical and economic outcomes in occupational therapy service...

Suzy England, Professional Advisor for Health Informatics at RCOT, discusses why we have signed up to Climate Action for Associations (CAFA), our vision for sustainability in the profession and the work RCOT is doing to become more sustainable.

Delivered by Dr Sidney Chu Optimising performance, clinical and economic outcomes in occupational therapy service delivery

Isaac Samuels was a freelance co-production adviser working with the Department of Health and Social Care and disability charities when he contracted COVID after being seriously ill in hospital for two weeks. Although he was well enough to be discharged home, he contracted Long Covid and was...

NHS England and Improvement and NHS Supply Chain are proposing to introduce a new, standardised Allied Health Professions (AHP) uniform for NHS Staff in England. The proposal is part of the ongoing national uniform project. The outcome of this will impact all occupational therapists and...

This National Apprenticeship Week 2022, we’re celebrating occupational therapy apprenticeships which launched in England in 2019 – and have been growing ever since! Apprenticeships are opening opportunities for more people to become occupational therapists and organisations to grow their workforce...

RCOT is looking for a new Chair of Council and three Council members to join the RCOT/BAOT Council. Nominations are now open for professional members to stand for a Council role. The RCOT/BAOT Council vacancies are: Chair of Council Council Member, Northern Ireland Council Member, Wales Council...

The Government has now announced that it will consult on the legal requirement for front-line NHS staff in England to be vaccinated against COVID-19. This means that the deadline for all NHS patient-facing occupational therapists in England, along will other Allied Health Professions to get a first...

You will regularly find ways and opportunities to get involved with RCOT and the occupational therapy profession. Here are our current opportunities.

Health Education England (HEE) launched today its new joint research strategy for Allied Health Professions (AHPs). Directly addressing the need for relevant and appropriately different support opportunities to be available to all AHPs, whatever their discipline, professional association membership...

We are delighted to share that we have awarded Fellowships to six of our members. Every year our members are invited to nominate their colleagues for a Fellowship of the Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT), or a Merit Award in recognition of their special contribution to the profession...

NHS England and NHS Improvement have issued guidance on the mandatory COVID-19 vaccination rules for patient-facing NHS staff, including redeployment processes and information on termination of employment. All occupational therapists and Allied Health Professions (AHPs), who work in health and...

If 2021, with Annual Conference and Occupational Therapy Week, was about setting markers in the sand for health equity, 2022 must be the year in which we begin to make progress. We know that we won’t sweep away embedded injustice just by hoping hard. But we think we can build on what we’ve learned...

These are exciting times at RCOT, as today we launch our new strategy, values and brand to the world! It’s all based on what our members have told us we need to be and do, for now and into the future.

We’re excited to be offering two paid internship opportunities in our Research and Development and Professional Practice teams for recent occupational therapy graduates and final-year pre-registration learners. Who better to share what interning at RCOT is like than Rosalind Brooks and Sherri...

Following the publication of RCOT’s Data and Innovation Strategy 2021-2023 , over the next two years we will lead on a programme of activity that seeks to support occupational therapists’ data literacy skills. Our vision is that: Every occupational therapist is confident in engaging in a range of...

The Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT) and the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) recognise that preparing for the potential impact of the Omicron variant and other winter pressures requires another rapid response from NHS services. As part of a range of measures announced under...

RCOT has begun a project to explore the introduction of pre-registration doctoral level studies as an additional route to registration as an occupational therapist. The focus of this project is to scope stakeholder perspectives and consider the implications of introducing a pre-registration...

The Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT) has started a project to explore the introduction of pre-registration doctoral level studies as an additional route to registration as an occupational therapist. The project will scope stakeholder perspectives and consider the implications of...

Are you looking for a new CPD opportunity for 2022? We have three vacancies on our Publications Group The RCOT Publications Group (RPG) is seeking three new occupational therapists to join them. The RPG provides a quality assurance role in reviewing draft documents and publications produced by us...

The Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT) has published two new quick guides about occupational therapy and Long Covid . A quick guide for occupational therapists: Occupational therapy and children and young people with Long Covid (Post COVID-19 syndrome/Condition) A quick guide for...

We are running several EDB (Equity, Diversity and Belonging) Insights sessions with experts and colleagues looking at equity, diversity, and belonging, and how we can learn from it. Questions and reflections If you have any questions please contact Ketan Davé, ketan.dave@rcot.co.uk You can use the...

We are delighted to confirm that the 2022 Elizabeth Casson Memorial Lecture will be given by Dr Sidney Chu who will discuss: Optimising Performance, Clinical and Economic Outcomes in Occupational Therapy Service Delivery . Dr Chu is recognised as an outstanding occupational therapy practitioner who...

Steve Ford, chief executive, said: ‘The launch of the belated Social Care White Paper People at the Heart of Care: Adult Social Care Reform is welcomed but the commitments from Government do not match the assertion made by the Prime Minister earlier in the year that he would ‘fix the crisis in...

The Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT) is one of a number of leading healthcare organisations and charities calling for the Government to take urgent action on pay to address the recruitment and retention crisis in social care in England. The social care sector faces 105,000 vacancies...

We’ve made some changes to our website that means that current members will need to re-register on the site to access member-only content, and new members will need to create an account to join up. We’re aware that some members may be experiencing issues logging in and accessing member-only content...

At RCOT we want to lead the profession by advocating strongly for a culture which values, respects and celebrates diversity and positively supports those with lived experience. As part of our vision, we are setting up three RCOT-Affinity Steering Groups and we are now recruiting for two of them.

The Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT) has launched new guidance on the roles and responsibilities of Principal occupational therapists in adult social care services in England. Endorsed by Skills for Care, the guidance is supported by the Chief Allied Health Professions Officer for...

RCOT encourages occupational therapy practitioners who are eligible, and able, to have the COVID vaccination. We acknowledge, however, that not everyone is vaccinated. For those occupational therapy practitioners who are not vaccinated, RCOT’s advice is to abide by the local regulations of the...

We’re calling for your input on the draft second edition of the practice guideline Occupational therapy in neonatal services and early intervention. Since December 2020, the guideline review group, with the support of the RCOT Specialist Section – Children, Young People and Families, has been...

The RCOT website receives over 99,000+ unique users every month. It is a crucial tool for our 36,000+ members and the health and care profession as they search for products and services to meet their business needs. Why advertise with us? Showcase your products and services in one of the UK’s...

Tracey Samuels, Editor of RCOT’s monthly membership magazine OTnews, tells us what is covered in the latest issue.

We made some changes on the RCOT website in 2021 which changed our members' portal. To access the portal and member-exclusive webpages, you will need to register a new website account – here’s a short video on how to do this, plus instructions below.

Monday 1 November saw the launch of RCOT’s #OTsForEquity campaign and Occupational Therapy Week 2021, where we pledged to focus on working with you to shine the light on the role occupational therapists currently play in addressing health equity. Occupational therapist from across the UK tuned in...

For Occupational Therapy Week 2021 (1-7 November), the Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT) has launched the #OTsForEquity campaign to shine a light on the role occupational therapists currently play in addressing health equity in the UK. For RCOT, health inequalities are unacceptable...

Everyone should get the occupational therapy they need. Our health and social care systems are for everyone. These are simple, uncontroversial aims but we all know that health inequality has got worse since the first Marmot report in 2009 and has deteriorated further during the pandemic.

Celebrate and promote how occupational therapists can help achieve health equity by sharing our #OTsForEquity animation. Call on your organisation, manager and stakeholders to do more to achieve health equity. Use the animation to show them how to involve you and your occupational therapy...

As part of Black History Month and our ongoing work to make RCOT and the occupational therapy community a more inclusive place for Black individuals, we’re hearing from Anne-Marie Fadare, founding member of BAMEOT, about change, inclusion, and celebration.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) launched their State of Care 2021 report today, which found huge challenges facing the sector which is facing a rapidly growing staffing crisis, due to better pay and conditions in retail and hospitality and unable to plug the gaps of the vacancies left. Responding...

History seems to demonstrate that times of national crisis can lead to developments and system changes for the better for people, societies and countries. When ‘Necessity is the mother of invention’, crises can be a force for co-operation, creative thinking and positive change, with increased...

Place-based systems of care take responsibility for all people living within a given area, bringing organisations together around the population they serve. 93 An example of this is occupational therapists working within prison services. People who are incarcerated or detained , from young...

Mental health problems can influence education, development, employment and physical health. Early intervention is vital in providing effective support and better recovery outcomes. Occupational therapists are leading in innovative mental health service design to reduce the pressure on primary care...

The World Health Organization has defined rehabilitation as ‘a set of measures that assist individuals who experience, or are likely to experience, disability to achieve and maintain optimal functioning in interaction with their environments’. 69 Article 26, Habilitation and Rehabilitation, of the...

Children learn through doing. The health and development of children and young people is significantly affected by the conditions in which they are born, live, learn and play. Children and young people at highest risk of poor health outcomes are those living in deprived areas, 61 and unequal access...

Observation shows that poor quality, unaffordable housing disproportionately impacts certain groups, including those from lower income households and people from minority ethnic backgrounds. Living in housing that is not fit for purpose increases the risk of a range of preventable health conditions...

“Long COVID is now causing increased disability threatening people’s abilities to work and function…. early upstream access to OT support in primary care has never been more needed.” - GP, NHS Lanarkshire.

"The health of the population is not just a matter of how well the health service is funded and functions, important as that is: health is closely linked to the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age and inequities in power, and resources – the social determinants of health...

Occupational therapists have a valuable role to play in building individual and community health and wellbeing, improving and establishing equity of health and health outcomes through engagement in healthy occupations, education and work, and access to wellbeing and independence through primary...

As we begin to emerge from the pandemic, there seems to be growing awareness of the scourge that health inequity visits upon our society. But health inequality, which had grown in the decade from 2010, has deteriorated further in recent months. The task before us is urgent, and it is serious. It is...

This month, our cover story brings you news of a brand-new service, launched at the start of the year in the middle of the UK’s third lockdown, which is very much focused on putting people right at its heart. Norfolk First Support is part of a first response team that provides a period of support...

As part of Black History Month and our ongoing work to make RCOT and the occupational therapy community a more inclusive place for Black individuals, we’re hearing from Brandon Mhondiwa, a member of BAMEOT about his heritage and how his familial history drew him to a career in the health care...

The National Care Service consultation represents an excellent opportunity to shape the future of social care delivery in Scotland. When I talk about the consultation with my members at the Royal College of Occupational Therapists, we feel that there is one element that needs to be further...

One year on from the NHS becoming the world’s first health system to commit to reaching ‘net zero’ carbon emissions, the Chief Allied Health Professions Officer (CAHPO), Suzanne Rastrick, is delighted to launch the ‘Greener AHP Hub’ to support Allied Health Professionals towards greener practice...

People working in policy and public affairs have a love-hate relationship with party conference season. It’s intense and chaotic, with long hours and carefully prepared plans shredded at short notice because of some crisis or another. But, at the same time, there is no better way in which to...

As part of Black History Month and our ongoing work to make RCOT and the occupational therapy community a more inclusive place for Black individuals, we’re hearing from Kalimah Ibrahiim, RCOT Council Member for England, about celebrating her heritage, her work and inclusion.

The British Association of Occupational Therapists/Royal College of Occupational Therapists’ (BAOT/RCOT) annual general meeting (AGM) took place on Tuesday 21 September 2021. We were delighted to be joined by our new and re-elected RCOT Council members who started their terms at this year’s AGM:...

Today is Diwali, and for many people across the world it is a very significant time of year. And so Ketan Davé, RCOT’s Equality Diversity and Inclusion Manager, is sharing with us what Diwali is about and what it means to him as a Hindu. Diwali or Deepavali is celebrated by Hindus around the world...

The Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT) is calling on its members to feed into its response to National Care Service Consultation in Scotland. Described as ‘the biggest piece of public sector reform since the devolution’, the consultation looks at the way care is delivered and could...

In this month’s issue, we celebrate the hard work and dedication of some of the occupational therapists involved in the development of specialist services to support people with Long COVID, as well as hear from occupational therapists who themselves have been on the long road to recovery and return...

The Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT) is delighted to announce, that there will be no increase to membership subscriptions this year - from October 2021 to September 2022. This applies to all membership levels and renewal information will be sent to members by the end of September...

Join us and your occupational therapy colleagues online for the 2021 Elizabeth Casson Memorial Lecture on Wednesday 10 November 2021. You will hear Dr Anita Atwal, Associate Professor of Interprofessional Working at London South Bank University, give this year’s prestigious lecture followed by a Q...

RCOT Chief Executive Steve Ford said: “We’re pleased that the government is starting to look at the future for social care, but today’s announcement is thin on detail other than on the levy. There is also little on how the government proposes to break down the historic divisions between health and...

Watch the 2020 Elizabeth Casson Memorial Lecture, delivered by Dr Jenny Preston MBE, Consultant Occupational Therapist and Clinical Lead for Neurological Rehabilitation, NHS Ayrshire and Arran. The lecture took place online on Wednesday 25 November 2020. Re-engineering truth and certainty in...

The role of Practice Educator expands your CPD in numerous ways, such as developing your facilitation of learning skills, contributing to shaping the future of the profession and learning from students with diverse backgrounds. We’d love to hear from you! Tell us what you think of these resources...

#ChooseOT is our careers campaign to inspire future occupational therapists. We want to reach school students and their influencers, graduates and adults considering a career change. You can get involved by sharing our careers website and videos and reaching out to schools. #ChooseOT careers...

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