OT Spotlight

The following are excerpts from our bi-monthly Freedom Newsletter for Occupational Therapists. To receive the newsletter, contact the Marketing Department either by email or on Freephone 0800 280 0485.

If there is any particular subject that you think needs an airing or to provoke the views of other fellow OT's, please email us with your ideas and we will include them on this webpage.

£80 million to keep older people together in a home of their own

At the beginning of March Health and Care Minister Ivan Lewis invited local authorities to bid for £80 million of funding to build extra care housing that would allow older people and those with long-term conditions to live in a home of their own. read more...

PM Listens to the Experts

The most far-reaching consultation ever on how to improve the future of the nation's six million carers was held at the beginning of January with an event attended by over sixty cares, the Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Health Secretary Alan Johnson and Health Minister Ivan Lewis. read more...

Care Transformations for older and disabled people

Health Secretary Alan Johnson announced recently an extra £520 million of ring fenced funding to transform Social Care over the next three years through the introduction of Personal Care budgets. read more...

£53m to help disabled children, young people and their families

Disabled children will get better quality short breaks to experience new things and give their parents some time off, thanks to a £45million fund announced by Secretary of State for Children Schools and Families, Ed Balls at the End Child Poverty event on Monday 10th December. read more...

Launch of new guidance for Occupational Therapy Staff

Care Services Minister Ivan Lewis recently welcomed the publication of Work Matters: Vocational Navigation for Occupational Therapy Staff. This good practice booklet is designed to help occupational therapy staff recognise the importance of work as an integral part of an individual's recovery read more...

Transforming Community Equipment Services (TCES)

We are currently on the brink of an extremely signification shift in demographics in the UK, with this year being the first where we have a larger number of people over 65 than under 18 read more....

OT Referral Scheme

Our OT Referral Scheme is exclusive to Occupational Therapists and has been created to give you the opportunity to help your clients even more. read more...

The Archimedes Air and DFG Funding

We recently published a statement in our Freedom newsletter for OTs saying that the Archimedes Air is suitable for DFG funding. read more...

Customer Service overhaul

We have recently undertaken a major review of our Customer Services provision and can now unveil our new and improved service structure. read more...