Occupational Therapy News OTnews January 2019 | Page 4

Contents 16 18 34 regular pages 06 news Professional and policy news from around the UK 38 unison Is 2019 the year that you become an occupational therapy steward? If you are interested, then Unison tells you how to get involved Contacts 16 focus on Members of the RCOT Board: Learning and Development explain why volunteering as a board member is so vital to both you and the profession 44 professional resources What’s new in BJOT and networking opportunities Contacting OTnews OTnews staff Editorial enquiries tel: [phone] or email: [email protected] Advertising enquiries tel: [phone] or email: [email protected] Contacting RCOT Editor Tracey Samuels Journalist Andrew Mickel Production and design officers Janine Reid Suzanne Jefferson Sales manager David Agyei General enquiries tel: [phone] Membership/Subscription enquiries tel: [phone] or email: [email protected] Unison enquiries tel UNISONdirect: 0845 355 0845 President Baroness Sheila Hollins CEO Julia Scott Chairman Dr Patricia McClure www.rcot.co.uk www.facebook.com/theRCOT @theRCOT David Agyei Sales manager Total average net circulation of 32,406 print copies (July 2017 – June 2018) Andrew Mickel Journalist Monolite ™ is designed to reduce your carbon footprint compared to using traditional LDPE poly by up to 50%. Polylite has no degradation additives in the film making it fully recyclable.