Occupational therapy

Occupational Therapists (OTs) assess patients to identify support when people need help to carry out daily tasks. This might be due to illness, injury, disability, ageing or prematurity.

This includes daily care (washing, dressing, eating), work, education, play and leisure.

Occupational Therapists are trained to look at your individual needs on a physical, cognitive, sensory, psychological, social and environmental perspective. We use a variety of techniques in assisting you to remain independent or to support you in exploring alternative ways of managing your day-to-day tasks.

Where required we have strong links with partners in the community including community health teams, social services and voluntary services who can provide ongoing support.  

We link in with local equipment providers when it has been identified by the OT that equipment will optimise independence and safety based on individual need. This equipment is loaned and when it is no longer required it should be returned to the local equipment provider.  

Within our Trust you can come across OTs in a variety of areas which includes:

• emergency department
• hospital inpatients
• community inpatient rehabilitation
• community rehabilitation
• neuro
• hand therapy
• intensive care unit
• palliative
• neo-natal
• frailty service
• elective care 
• pre-operative services

In order to access these services, you will need to be referred by another professional.