RCOT Policy Wales

📣 AHPs have lost their voice at the heart of Welsh Govt.

Sadly, this doesn’t look to be changing soon.

We want an interim CAHPO appointed immediately.

✍️ We are calling on all AHPs to sign our open letter to the FM to make sure your voice is heard:

tinyurl.com/AHPFOpenLetter

📣 Mae AHPs wedi colli eu llais yng ngalon Llywodraeth Cymru.

Galwn am CAHPO dros dro wedi'i benodi ar unwaith.

🫵 Ond mae angen eich help chi arnom ni.

✍️ Llofnodwch ein llythyr agored at y Prif Weinidog a gwnewch yn siŵr bod eich llais yn cael ei glywed:

tinyurl.com/AHPFOpenLetter

Photo of Amy Howard, RCOT Practice Network Lead for Social Care in top righthand corner. Text reads 'It was great to share how occupational therapy can transform the social care experience'.

Three occupational therapists represented the OT profession in evidence sessions for the Casey Commission on Social Care.

FInd out more about the evidence sessions, our future plans and have your say in the Commission: https://loom.ly/uGfsqsI

Text reads: Joint research and placement cafe Experiences of marginalised occupational therapy students. 1-2pm Thursday 11 December

This month, the placement and research cafes come together for a joint event exploring the experiences of marginalised occupational therapy students.

Thursday 11 December 2025, 1-2pm.
Details of how to join: https://loom.ly/05IIkUs

Advancing Healthcare Awards Cymru - Advancing Healthcare Awards Celebrating the work of Allied Health Professionals and Healthcare Scientists across Wales The Advancing Healthcare Awards Cymru is open to healthcare scientists, allied health professionals and those...

The AHAs will be returning next year – could your project be a winner next year? ahawards.co.uk/cymru/

Paula Cornelius and the Collaborative Team at Cwm Taf Morgannwg Health Board who won the award for new ways of working.

Jenny Elliott, Sara El-Khatib and the Continuing Healthcare and Complex Conditions OT team in Cardiff for winning the award for developing the AHP workforce.

Huge congratulations to all the OT winners at this month's AHAs:

Sarah Gigg and the multi-professional team across Swansea Bay Health Board and Swansea Community Equipment Store Steering Group who took home the award for working across boundaries.

Come and say hello at the OT Show We’re looking forward to connecting with so many of our members and the OT community next week. Wednesday 26–Thursday 27 November

Whether you want to talk about your membership, reflect on one of the talks you've heard or meet a few of the faces behind your membership body – we cannot wait to connect with OTs from across the UK at the OT Show next week!

https://loom.ly/uIj_hXI

Our proposed Professional Standards give you more guidance on: equity, diversity and belonging artificial intelligence environmental sustainability reinforcing our profession’s foundation. Please give us your feedback by Sunday 7 December 2025

Two weeks left – have your say! 🗣️

⏱️It takes about 20 minutes to give your feedback on our draft Professional Standards, but it shapes practice for the next five years!

Read the draft and share your thoughts before 11.59pm, Sunday 7 December 2025.
👉🏾 https://loom.ly/P36TqgU

Text reads 'Happy AHP Support Worker Week!' with illustrations of people doing occupations including cycling, someone at a desk, gardening, running and a person feeding a baby.

It’s #AHPSupportWorkerWeek! 🎉

We want to recognise the incredible contribution of our occupational therapy support workforce. Your dedication, compassion and skill make a real difference every day. Thank you for everything you do to help people live well. 💚

Day 5 of #OTWeek25

Great to have OTs and OT week recognised in the @senedd.wales again this year.

Diolch to @mabonapgwynfor.bsky.social for tabling a statement of opinion supporting OTs, the benefits of prevention focused care and #RightTimeOT

Day 4 of #OTWeek25

We're out again at the @welshnhsconfed.bsky.social conference

Great to hear the Welsh Govt confirm their commitment to prevention & early intervention.

And fascinating discussion with health board leaders in solving the challenges to moving to community care.

#RightTimeOT

Diolch! to the amazing OTs who presented to MSs at @senedd.wales today as part of #OTWeek25

It was fantastic to speak to @jeremy-miles.bsky.social - Cabinet Secretary for Health & Social Care and @mabonapgwynfor.bsky.social - Plaid Cymru health spokesperson about #RightTimeOT

tinyurl.com/bdf24nrb

Mae therpai glawedigaethol yn arbed arian ac yn cefnogi adferiad Cefnogaeth Iawn Amswer Iawn Datgloi Pwer ThG

Mae therapi galwedigaethol yn arbed arian ar draws gwasanaethau iechyd a gofal drwy leihau derbyniadau i'r ysbyty ac anghenion gofal tymor hir. Mae'n ymarferol, yn canolbwyntio ar yr unigolyn ac yn gost-effeithiol.

Darganfod mwy: rcot.co.uk/RightTimeOT #RightTimeOT #OTWeek25

Day two of #OTWeek25

Great to meet with the Chair of the Cwm Taf Morgannwg Health Board - Jonathan Morgan - to talk about our new campaign #RightTimeOT

Check out how you can support OT Week and be a strong voice for occupational therapy: tinyurl.com/bdf24nrb

Right Support, Right Time – Unlocking the Power of OT Discover how occupational therapy transforms lives through early support and prevention. Explore RCOT’s new campaign launched during OT Week 2025.

Find out more about our campaign and download resources to share your support at www.rcot.co.uk/support-the-...

#RightTimeOT: OT in Wales

The Welsh Government's 'A Healthier Wales' plan backs care in the community. OTs are already making it happen—supporting people earlier, reducing hospital need & improving outcomes. To build a prevention-first system, OT must be central to future planning.

#OTweek25

A person stands beside another seated person, offering support with a walking frame in a living room. The image is part of a campaign graphic titled “OT in every nation: Local impact, national relevance,” with #RightTimeOT

Right Support, Right Time – Unlocking the Power of OT is driving change across the UK.

Let’s show how local practice has national impact and why timely support matters. Share your stories, tag us and use #OTWeek25 and #RightTimeOT to join the conversation. 💚

Illustration celebrating Occupational Therapy Week. Text reads: "Right Support, Right Time: Unlocking the Power of OT. Happy OT Week! #OTWeek25 3–9 November." Artwork shows a child in a green dinosaur costume playing with another child wearing a purple cape and star outfit, an adult kneeling to pick flowers, and another adult using a wheelchair. RCOT logo and text "Royal College of Occupational Therapists" appear at the bottom.

It’s OT Week 2025! We’re celebrating the power of OT to help people stay well for longer and avoid crises – especially when they get the right support, at the right time.

OT must be central to planning and investment, for a prevention-focused system.

Share your stories: #OTWeek25 #RightTimeOT

OT Week 2025 is here!

Across the week we'll be promoting "Right Support, Right Time: Unlocking the Power of OT".

And showcasing the benefits of prevention & early intervention in community care.

#OTWeek25 #RightTimeOT

Find out more and download your OT Week resources: tinyurl.com/mszz497e

What if we stopped waiting for crisis? 💭

OT at the right time helps people stay well for longer, preventing problems before they escalate.

Right Support, Right Time: Unlocking the Power of OT shows why OT support at the right time changes everything:https://loom.ly/993ED8g

#OTWeek25 #RightTimeOT

A quote graphic from the Royal College of Occupational Therapists featuring a headshot of Carolyne Hague MBE inside a teal circle. The quote reads: “I’m excited to be part of this conversation because OT has so much to offer in shifting the focus from crisis to early intervention and prevention.” The RCOT logo appears in the top left corner and the text “#OTWeek25 3–9 November” is in the bottom right corner.

Join us as we kick off #OTWeek25 with ‘From crisis to prevention: Leading the future of occupational therapy’ 💚

Hear from OTs across the UK on early intervention, prevention and leadership for the future.

Book your space: https://loom.ly/7C2Y6Ak

#RightTimeOT

“Occupational therapists play a vital role in supporting people to build the skills needed to secure and sustain meaningful work."

OT is all about looking at a person in the whole - this fantastic project being run by OTs in #AneurinBevanHB

Find out more: tinyurl.com/ba5pjm9t

An occupational therapist kneels beside a seated person in a bedroom, using a measuring tape to assess the space while they talk. The image promotes World Occupational Therapy Day 2025 with the theme “Occupational Therapy in Action.”

💚 Happy World Occupational Therapy Day!

This year’s theme, Occupational Therapy in Action, celebrates the active role occupational therapists play in supporting people to engage in the activities that matter most to them, promoting health and wellbeing across the world.

#WorldOTDay

💚 One week to go until #OTWeek25!

Hear from Samantha Bandak, Press and Media Lead, on why our Right Support, Right Time: Unlocking the Power of OT campaign is so important.

Join us next week to share stories of how prevention and early intervention can transform lives.

#RightTimeOT

graphic of a person doing some gardening text reads: Join our new sustainability network. Find innovative ways to reduce your impact on the environment

We've launched an exciting new Sustainability network designed to inspire OTs to find innovative ways to lessen the environmental footprint of occupational therapy.

Join the sustainability conversation on RCOT Communities: https://loom.ly/T9w4Bqc

Very important session at #PlaidCymru conference on preventative health care.

Mabon ap Gwynfor reiterated the benefits of #AHPs & that a Plaid Govt will have prevention at the heart of their public health agenda.

Along with a shift of Welsh NHS resources to primary care for GPs & AHPs.

We're at the @rcgp.bsky.social Conference in Newport today and tomorrow.

Come chat to us about the benefits of OTs in GP practices.

Find out more at www.rcot.co.uk/explore-reso...

Kim & the other panel members spent 90 minutes giving evidence to the Senedd's Health & Social Care Committee.

Bluesky only allows for 3 minutes...please do check out the full session on Senedd.Tv tinyurl.com/yvwey64w

Here's a quick overview of Kim's evidence 👇

Thank you again Kim!