Professor Sheila the Baroness Hollins was appointed as RCOT President in 2015. Over her tenure Baroness Hollins has supported us with various campaigns and reports, including our Living not Existing report and Improving Lives, Saving Money campaign.
Having supported us for many years Baroness Hollins is now ready to step down from her role.
We took this opportunity to review the roles of President and Vice President. The roles of President and Vice President were set up to help give a voice to, and advocate for, RCOT and the profession in UK government, parliament and health/research authorities.
Since we appointed these roles, we’ve made significant progress in our public affairs work. We now have the connections to make direct contact with UK government, parliament and health/research authorities.
In future, we’ll take a more flexible approach, working with high profile supporters and collaborating with different individuals who can best support specific campaigns and projects. We won’t be continuing with the roles of President and Vice President.
We would like to thank our President, Baroness Hollins, and Vice Presidents, Sir Mansel Aylward CB, Sir Clive Booth and Colin Ettinger, for their service to RCOT and the occupational therapy profession.
Read our interview with Baroness Hollins. The interview also features in the March issue of OTnews.