Lisa Westhorpe

Elspeth Froude at WFOT Congress 2026: Occupational therapists support participation in meaningful occupations. We elevate the ordinary 🎉

@thercot.bsky.social this has to be my favourite ever RCOT social media post 👏 Excellent work!

🚨 After a brief hiatus, the UK Public Health Science conference returns in 2026 in collaboration with @socsocmed.bsky.social!
📅 Join us in Newcastle on 21 April, with dinner + ECR event on 20 April
📣 Call for abstracts coming soon
🏠 ukpublichealthscience.org
🤝 socsocmed.org.uk

Early start this morning, enjoying the beautiful Northumberland scenery on my way to @thercot.bsky.social Member’s Day in Edinburgh. Looking forward to sessions on leadership and thinking about the future of our profession, focusing on prevention.

#OccupationalTherapy #RCOTMembersDay

A headshot of Gerry Mcfeely with the RCOT logo and the quote: “For me preparing the occupational therapy profession for 2035 and beyond is to revisit the past for guidance but always, always, to modernise and adapt in advance, however painful.” – Gerry Mcfeely, MacMillan Consultant Occupational Therapist, Vocational Rehabilitation.

What does OT need to thrive in 2035 and beyond?

Gerry is co-facilitating ‘Preparing the profession for 2035 and beyond’ at Members’ Day – exploring how OT can thrive in the years ahead.

📍Come along and add your voice in Edinburgh: https://loom.ly/vtaInmU

Woman exercising with the caption 'Physical Activities'

#RecoveryThroughActivity
#PhysicalActivities
'Occupational therapists are experts in adapting and grading activities and environments to facilitate full participation and satisfaction in physical Activities'
(World Federation of Occupational Therapists, 2020, p1)

We still have a few places left at our occupational therapy taster event on Thursday! Spread the word to any aspiring occupational therapists & encourage them to sign up!!

@worcsacutenhs.bsky.social @ot-expert.bsky.social @elizabethcasson.bsky.social

www.worc.ac.uk/about/events...

Part 1: Neurodiversity—What Exactly Does It Mean? - Mad in the UK Neurodiversity is inspiring both a developing social movement and an academic paradigm which is being interpreted in different ways.

💭 #Neurodiversity—What Exactly Does It Mean?

Neurodiversity has inspired both a social movement & an academic paradigm.

www.madintheuk.com/2024/12/part...

#PatientExperience #LivedExperience #PatientEngagement
#CommunityEngagement #Health #RuralHealth #RegionalHealth
#Research #ClinicalTrials

Occupational therapists are you interested in sharing your ideas for an OT exhibition?! Me, Jemma Channing (OT & Snr Manager Creative Health & Change, Arts Council England) & the Elizabeth Casson Trust are working to curate just such an exhibition! Share your thoughts:
forms.office.com/e/5aGUi83Twu

New ShARL article led by Dr Marianne Day: Understanding the barriers to hiring autistic people as perceived by UK employers doi.org/10.1177/1362... We used COM-B and TDF behaviour change models to gain insights @journalautism

Fantastic opportunity for practitioners to work as #KnowledgeMobilisation Fellows within @nihrarcs.bsky.social NENC, as part of a great team to embed research evidence in integrated care policy and practice, and to develop your #KMb skills and connections. Apply by 5 January! tinyurl.com/y3z7ubbn

Off to The OT Show today to talk about promoting health through physical activity in occupational therapy practice (spoiler alert: us OTs are already doing this in our practice, as we focus on meaningful activities that generally require some movement to participate 😉).

Sounds really interesting, see you there 🙂