Occupational Therapy: Disabled Facilities Grants
Commons · Question 64333 · Tabled 1 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Freddie van Mierlo
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve access to NHS occupational therapists involved in Disabled Facilities Grants for (a) children and (b) other people.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 7 Jul 2025
Occupational therapists play an important role in delivering the Disabled Facilities Grant at a local level by assessing older and disabled people’s needs, recommending home adaptations, and ensuring the suitability of proposed solutions.Decisions about r...