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The occupational therapy role in critical care
A look at what Guy’s and St. Thomas’ Hospitals Critical Care
Recovery Clinic has been doing since 2016
Palliative care – whose responsibility?
Findings of the RCOTSS-OPC project to explore the experiences
of occupational therapists delivering palliative care
The transition to an OT-led service
The establishment of an occupational therapy-led ward in
secure mental health services
Café on the Hill
The development of the vocational programme at West London
NHS Trust’s forensic service, specifically within the public-
facing vocational café
30 The transformation project
34 Standardising assessments
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41 Living well with Motor Neurone Disease
42 Putting quality first
46 Cooking for success
48 Impressions of an American student in the UK
50 Linking up
The ever growing frailty team
Why Hillingdon Hospital’s frailty team has embedded within the
emergency department and how it is improving patient flow
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The challenges and benefits of introducing the Therapy
Outcome Measure to a children’s therapy service
An award-winning cookery project in a special needs school
Reflections on a shadowing experience in Newcastle upon Tyne
Andrew Mickel reports on a social prescribing project in Reading
focus on and Q&A
Laura Garratt looks at the use of job planning to evidence
activity and clinical capacity in an acute hospital
Standardising assessment tools and training staff in their use
across South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Yvonne Dunn reports on the development of an early diagnosis
support group for MND patients and their carers
14 Everybody wins
38 Digital transformation explained
James Sanderson, Director of Personalised Care at NHS
England, talks about the opportunities for OTs in England to
support people in ever more innovative and new ways
Suzy England looks at the role of health informatics in the digital
transformation of health and care services
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