1. Home
  2. Support the profession
  3. Workforce strategy

Workforce Strategy

Occupational therapy is the solution to many of the UK’s health and care needs

Through this Workforce Strategy we’ll present and apply real-world and academic evidence to emphasise how extra investment in the occupational therapy workforce will help resolve the challenges that our systems are facing. 

This strategy is based on the views and needs of our members and their service users, as well as our external stakeholders.

Our workforce vision and priorities

Our vision is for an expanded occupational therapy workforce – positioned to have maximum impact in improving people's health and quality of life.

 Read our vision  

By 2035, we’ll have an OT workforce based primarily within in the community, such as in schools.
Illustration of person gardening

Watch Karin Orman introduce our Workforce Strategy 

illustration of man cooking

More information about our Workforce Strategy

Read our most recent action plan
Northern Ireland
illustration of women running