Motion or amendment: Occupational Therapy Week 2025
Motion or amendment by Miss Órlaithí Flynn on .
- MLA
- Miss Órlaithí Flynn
- Party at the time
- Sinn Féin
- Date
- 3 November 2025
- Type
- Motion or amendment
- Business
- Motion · Private Members' Motion
- Heading
- Occupational Therapy Week 2025
- Assembly identifier
- Document 457250
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Occupational Therapy Week 2025
That this Assembly marks Occupational Therapy Week 2025, taking place from 3rd November, and celebrates the vital and far-reaching contribution of occupational therapists across the health and social care system; acknowledges the critical role occupational therapists play in improving hospital discharge processes, enabling rehabilitation, supporting community-based care, and advancing prevention and early intervention efforts; recognises the profession’s unique ability to deliver holistic, person-centred care that transforms lives in diverse settings including acute and primary care, housing, education, justice, and mental health; commends the Royal College of Occupational Therapists for launching its first Workforce Strategy action plan in January 2025, setting out a clear and ambitious vision for the future of the profession; and calls on the Minister of Health to prioritise strategic workforce planning to ensure the profession is supported, resilient, and equipped to meet future demand.
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