Roots of recovery: Occupational therapy at the heart of health equity

Everyone should get the occupational therapy they need. Our health and social care systems are for everyone. These are simple, uncontroversial aims but we all know that health inequality has got worse since the first Marmot report in 2009, and has deteriorated still further during the pandemic.

Health equity is all our business, and is one of RCOT’s priorities for 2022.

This report sets out practical ways in which decision-makers and system designers can use the skills offered by occupational therapy to make better use of existing resources.