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Occupational therapists could deliver both health and social care in future under proposals from the College of Occupational Therapists.

In a consultation document launched this week the College suggests a community-based "general" practitioner model whereby occupational therapists can cross the divide and deliver both health and social care services.

Occupational therapists are the only health care profession to be employed within both the NHS and local authority social services, and the college has been working to guide the commissioners and service managers who are trying to integrate occupational therapy services.

- To comment on the Strategy for Modernising Occupational Therapy Services go to www.cot.org.uk