The College of Occupational Therapists Specialist Section - Independent Practice (previously known as OTIP)

If you are looking for an Occupational Therapist to give you independent advice or to provide private treatment, you can search our on line Directory. The Directory lists members of this group who provide a wide range of services throughout the country. In some cases they are able to provide services in Europe or Internationally.

If you are a member of the British Association of Occupational Therapists and you wish to find out more about Independent Practice and working in the independent/private sector, follow the link to Information for OTs.

If you are already a member of Independent Practice, you may sign in using the form to the left to enter the sections of the site reserved for our membership.

You may also be interested in attending one of our Look before you Leap Seminars which we run for OTs who are considering setting up their own businesses. These will be held on the following dates:

• Friday 20 June 2008 at the Northampton Marriott Hotel. Download the application form (6KB - Approx. download time less than 1 sec at 56Kbps)
• Friday 10 October 2008 at the Aztec Hotel, Bristol

For further information please phone our Enquiry Line 0800 389 4873.

To view and print the application form, you will need to have Adobe Reader installed.
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This year's Independent Practice Annual Conference will be held in Bristol on 10/11October 2008. More details will be provided shortly.

If you require other information that is not provided on this site please call our Enquiry Line - 0800 389 4873.

This site is in the process of being updated to accommodate the name change from OTIP to Independent Practice.