Occupational therapy

Occupational Therapists (OTs) work within multidisciplinary teams providing specialist assessment and rehabilitation of function. They are integral to timely discharge planning and facilitate a supported return home.

Specific intervention may include:

  • Assessment of motor, sensory, cognitive and perceptual performance, focusing on the  impact that impairments in these areas can have on an individual’s ability to undertake daily tasks
  • Education on long-term condition management and temporary disability management related to daily activities including work
  • Functional retraining, splint fabrication, specialist equipment prescription and home adaptations
  • Liaison and referral to community services, enabling ongoing rehabilitation and provision of equipment/services

At St Mary’s Hospital, OTs work with adults and children and also in specialist teams: A&E; medical assessment unit; medicine; trauma and orthopaedics; surgery; medicine of the elderly; neurology; stroke and paediatric services.  

Location
St Mary’s Hospital, Ground Floor, Cambridge Wing

Contacts

Charing Cross Hospital
Tel: 020 3311 1453
Fax: 020 3311 1452

Hammersmith Hospital
Tel: 020 3313 3433
Fax: 020 3313 8549 

St Mary's Hospital
Tel: 020 3312 6169
Fax: 020 3312 6406