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Occupational Therapy

Commons · Question 37356 · Tabled 11 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 19 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Max Wilkinson

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.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 19 Mar 2025

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 ther...