Abstract

Invited keynote presentation at the 19 Annual Meeting of the European Network of Occupational Therapy in Higher Education which aimed to explore the role of primary care and occupational therapy in delivery of the EU Health 2020 targets. Health 2020, the European policy framework supporting action across government and society for health and wellbeing, was published in 2012 and led by the World Health Organization regional office in Europe. The policy sets out to enable people to achieve their full potential for health and well-being by improving governance and leadership, reducing inequalities and adding value through partnerships and cooperation. It addresses four interlinked, interdependent and mutually supportive priority areas: health throughout the life course, tackling major non-communicable and communicable disease, strengthening people centred health systems, public health and emergency preparedness and creating resilient and supportive environments.