1. Genevieve Smyth, @RCOT_Gen Karin Orman, @RCOT_Karin
Getting My Life Back: Occupational therapy promoting mental health and wellbeing
13th June 2018
Genevieve
Karin

2. This session will cover:
Introductions to Getting My Life Back: Occupational therapy promoting mental health and wellbeing
Discussion and reflection time on report themes
Overarching messages from Occupational therapy: Improving Lives, Saving money campaign

3. Key messages

4. Two independent studies
Evidence for social determinants of health
Two independent studies UK
Canada
Mc Giniss et al (2002); Canadian Institute of Advanced Research (2012)

5. “My healthy occupation is …”
COME AND VOTE!

6. Occupational therapists in the Student Health and Wellbeing Team at Leeds College of Music are supporting young people with mental health problems to complete their education.

7. Occupational therapists in Fife IPS service have a 57% positive job outcomes rate and make annual savings of… £113,698

8. Occupational therapists in West London Mental Health Trust have helped service users to get active by working closely with their local football team the Hounslow Hawks.

9. The Occupational Therapy Community Clinic Project in Lanarkshire accepts self referral to ensure timely access at primary care level. It aims to intervene early and promote self management.

10. Inserts for the four themes:
Bolton Autism Spectrum Conditions Support Team
Sandyford Gender Identity Clinic, Glasgow
Occupational Health and Wellbeing Service, Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust
Respiratory and Cardiac Mental Health Team, Sheffield Teaching Hospital NHS Trust
Local Primary Mental Health Support Service, Bridgend, Wales
Community Based Screening Clinics, Fife, Scotland

11. Helping young people do well in education
Survey open till 11th July - what are you currently doing in these four areas?
Helping young people do well in education
Keeping people in or returning to employment
Improving physical health through promotion of healthy occupations
Improving access to support in primary care

12. What are you currently doing and what ideas can you build on?
Helping young people do well in education
Keeping people in or returning to employment
Improving physical health through promotion of healthy occupations
Improving access to support in primary care

13. The RCOT campaign Occupational Therapy – Improving Lives Saving Money is making the case for occupational therapists in key pressure points in NHS and care services:
Reducing the pressure on hospitals (Nov 2016)
Living not existing, putting prevention at the heart
of care for older people (July2017)
Fire and Rescue Services (Nov. 2017)
Prisons (March 2017)
Getting my life back: Occupational therapy: promoting mental health and wellbeing (May 2018)

14. Overarching campaign messages
Deploying more of the occupational therapy workforce in primary care to use our skills to intervene early.
Occupational therapists are a limited resource. We can be more effective in addressing the needs of the local population by training and supervising others to be competent to deliver on aspects of traditional practice.
We need to support developing wider partnerships for further innovation. Occupational therapists can act as catalysts for addressing needs beyond traditional health and social care, such as poor education and employment rates.

15. Primary Care
Hywel Dda University Health board (HDUHB), General Practice
Occupational therapy has reduced demand on GPs.
Following occupational therapy, patients’ average number of visits in a month to see their GP have either halved or been reduced by up to 72%.
“A fabulous service that I am thrilled
to see has expanded, it has provided
improved quality of care for patients
and saves GP time” GP

16. 83% of people seen are able to live independently at home
Limited resource- using our expertise
Kent Reablement at Home Teams
2 occupational therapists supporting 9 teams across the county
83% of people seen are able to live independently at home
SAVING: £3.2 million

17. Developed a referral system for occupational therapy assessment.
Partnership working
- Fire
and
rescue
services
Established Safe and Well Checks including: dementia, falls prevention, social isolation, home, security, housing and warmth.
Overall services have
Developed a referral system for occupational therapy assessment.
Integrated evaluation of fire risk into the occupational therapy assessment.
Worked on joint delivery of fire risk and public health campaigns.
Developed new roles e.g.
Secondment for a Band 6 occupational therapist to NFRS
Health and Social Care Services Coordinator, GMFRS
Fire Safe & Well Regional Manager, London.
Carried out joint working on complex cases including joint visits
Provided role emerging placements for occupational therapy students.

18. Tools for reporting impact

19. Occupational therapists talking about occupation-centred practice
Impact of the Campaign
Greater visibility of occupational therapy with politicians, key senior health officials and public
Raised RCOT profile: e.g. Increased number of speaker invites, high level strategy group invitations, media.
Members are engaged and want to be a part of the campaign

20. BBC Newsline BBC Wales S4C
Julia Scott in the studio for an ‘as live’ interview in the Anglia region.
BBC Newsline
BBC Wales
S4C

21. What would be your service’s infographic?
What data do you need to evidence this?