Occupational Therapists, also referred to as OT’s, work with people of all ages to help them overcome the effects of disability caused by physical or psychological illness, accident or ageing, to enable them to lead full and satisfying lives as independently as possible.
Occupational Therapists are trained health professionals who use purposeful activity to treat patients working on their physical, psychological and emotional wellbeing. Individual programmes are designed to help patients to carry out everyday activities to maximise independence in all areas of daily life.
We provide an Occupational Therapy Service to adults within Acute & Community settings. Occupational Therapists are also employed within NHS Borders Mental Health & Learning Disabilities, Children & Young People’s Service and Adult Social Care.
For more information on our services please follow this link to our webpage
OT services which are not directly accessible for GPs:
Referral guidelines for individual services can be found on speciality pages
Please note the following OT services do not accept direct referrals from primary care:
Adult acute
Mental Health and Learning Disability OT
Community hospital OT services
OT within Borders Addiction Service
Guidelines for individual services on speciality pages
Speciality pages contain their own resources and links
Aliss is a digital programme enabling people and professionals to find and share information on health and wellbeing resources, services, groups and support in their local communities and online.
Please refer to speciality specific pages for contact details.
Borders Ref Help Toolkit