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Occupational Therapy

Asked by Max WilkinsonLiberal DemocratDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 19 March 2025UIN 37356

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of mandating principal occupational therapist roles within (a) local authorities and (b) NHS trusts.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock

Whilst the Department is not responsible for decisions about the principal occupational therapist roles in adult social care or National Health Service trusts, the role of mandating would sit with employers and the regulator of principal occupational therapists, which is the Health and Care Professions Council.

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