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Proactive and Preventative

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Fast Access

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Reduce GP demand and stress

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Holistic approach – one POC to address physical, mental, and social needs.

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Health population approach – aims at improving the health and wellbeing of an entire population (geographical area/minority group/at risk groups).

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A growing initiative – ‘We want to expand the number of occupational therapists in GP surgeries so everyone can benefit from early intervention to stay active and independent, at home, at work and everywhere else.

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Carry out physical and psychosocial assessments that consider health and home management, education, work, leisure, and social participation.

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Proven improvements in:

·       Access.

·       Functioning and activity levels.

·       Independence.

·       Health and lifestyle skills.

·       Quality of life and mental wellbeing.

·       Cost savings.

·       OT in Primary Care Presentation.pdf

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Input for people with mental health problems includes:

·  Risk assessment for acute distress.

·  Personalised care plans for self-management.

·  Patient activation to achieve personal goals.

·  Social prescribing, and signposting or referral onto recovery support and services.

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Provide ‘personalised, biopsychosocial occupational therapy interventions from initial clinical assessment, diagnosis, intervention to evaluation’

Will ‘work collaboratively with the primary care multi-disciplinary team (MDT)’

Job Description for Primary Care Occcupational Therapist.pdf

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RCOT Insight Session: Occupational Therapy in Primary Care - YouTube

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Occupational therapy in primary care - RCOT

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Occupational therapists provide diverse expertise to primary care teams helping patients get fast access to the right care. Using health population approaches, they offer bespoke services for