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03 April 2019
Royal visit to open The OT Practice's new headquarters
27 March 2019
Apps are not the (only) answer!
In a relatively short amount of time, we have seen how the health and social care profession is waking up to the benefits of everyday technology in supporting patient care. As voice-activated devices take off in the UK, how long before the pressing of our screens becomes an old-fashioned way of...
22 March 2019
Response to Closing the Gap report
The new Closing the Gap report , jointly published by the Health Foundation, King’s Fund and Nuffield Trust on 21 March, addresses some of the most fundamental challenges facing the NHS today. While welcoming the strategy...
21 March 2019
Meet the #RCOT2019 speakers: Dr. Sarah Kantartzis
We had a chat with Dr. Sarah Kantartzis to find out a bit more about her and what we can expect to hear when she delivers the Casson Memorial Lecture at this year's Annual Conference in Birmingham.
18 March 2019
Council election 2019 - Result of nomination process
An article appeared in January OTnews inviting members to stand for vacant seats on Council. As a result, one nomination was received for the R&D and IR seats which means that these individuals are considered to be duly appointed on Council. New Council members will start their term of office...
11 March 2019
Time to take the lead on personalised care
A medical clinician said to me at a recent conference: "There is no real choice for people in the NHS. Austerity, staff shortages and increased workload, mean that providing personalised care is a luxury most clinicians don’t have time for". I write this not to criticise another professional, but...
06 March 2019
Defining the unanswered questions of occupational therapy: the importance of engaging with diverse audiences
RCOT is embarking on a major project to define the occupational therapy profession’s research priorities over the coming years. We want to know the big questions occupational therapists and people who use occupational therapy services want answered. Monday 4 March saw the launch of the project –...
06 March 2019