Category Occupational Therapy

New service announced for wheelchair and community equipment users

25 July 2022 · by · in Adult Social Care, Councillor Heather Shearer, health and wellbeing, Latest information, Occupational Therapy, Press releases, Public Health, Social Care

Somerset County Council and NHS Somerset are launching a new Community Equipment and Wheelchair Service to help people live more independently.

Somerset’s health and social care partnership blazing a trail nationally

23 April 2021 · by · in Adult Social Care, covid-19, health and wellbeing, Occupational Therapy, Press releases, Social Care

Pioneering work in Somerset to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions and help people get better at home has proven so successful it is being used to help shape national policy, Councillors heard this week…

OT Week 2019 – Somerset’s Small Change Big Impact Stories

5 November 2019 · by · in Occupational Therapy, Social Care

It’s Occupational Therapy Week (4-10 November), and we’re celebrating the small changes occupational therapists make that have a big impact on the people they support. Here are some of our OT stories from Somerset about the impactful changes they make every day… Bob What was the challenge? Bob was living on his own with a […]