Jo Atkinson is an Occupational Therapist registered with the Health Professions Council with fourteen years professional practice experience. She has a Master of Science by Research Degree (Faculty of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford). Jo is experienced in working with people with general medical, trauma, orthopaedic and vascular conditions. View CV and full qualifications (PDF) |
Engela Badenhorst is a registered Occupational Therapist with the Health Professions Council and the British Association of Occupational Therapy. During her 14 years of clinical work she has gained experience in the following disabilities: Orthopaedic and head injuries, muscular-skeletal, respiratory and cardiac conditions. Her experience includes working with young children View CV and full qualifications (PDF) |
Sarah Barratt qualified as an Occupational Therapist from the University of Derby in 1995. Sarah has extensive experience of working with children with multiple disabilities following her work at Treloars’ Trust, where she was responsible for the functional and occupational welfare of sixty children with multiple disabilities of primary school age. Interventions she offered encompassed mobility, assistive technology, self care, positioning and equipment provision. View CV and full qualifications (PDF) |
René Bester has a wide range of occupational therapy experience with disabilities such as traumatic brain injury, spinal injuries, whiplash injuries, complicated fractures e.g compound fractures, joint injuries, heart conditions, amputations, back conditions, depression and chronic pain syndrome. View CV and full qualifications (PDF) |
Jackie Bevan qualified as an Occupational Therapist from Liverpool University in 1994. Since then she has worked as a hospital Occupational Therapist, gaining experience in Elderly mentally Ill, Paediatrics, Orthopaedics, General Medicine and Spinal Cord Injury. She has worked within the field of spinal cord injury since 1995 and as a senior clinician within the field since 1999. She gained an MSc in Health Practice in 2005 from Salford University, specialising in Neurological Dysfunction. View CV and full qualifications (PDF) |
Laura Bochkoltz has 20 years experience as a Physiotherapist and is a specialist in Spinal Cord Injuries. Her Clinical Specialist role in the NHS, the private sector and in her private practice gives her a comprehensive insight of the long-term problems and needs of the spinal cord-injured individual. View CV and full qualifications (PDF) |
Sarah Broughton qualified as an occupational therapist from St Loyes School of Occupational Therapy, Exeter in 1988. Sarah gained a Masters in Clinical Neuroscience in 1995 from the University of Surrey. She has worked in both the National Health Service and the private sector in a number of areas including general medicine, cardiology, orthopaedics, hand injuries and care of the elderly. Sarah has specialised in the area of neurology for the last eighteen years. View CV and full qualifications (PDF) |
Rachel Bush, RGN, is a partner of Bush & Company. Rachel is a spinal nurse specialist with over 20 years of experience. Rachel manages the team of expert witnesses and case managers. She has been trained as an expert witness including report writing and courtroom skills. View CV and full qualifications (PDF) |
Apurba Chakraborty, MSc, PGDip (Rehab), BOT, OTR, SROT, is a clinical specialist occupational therapist in neurorehabilitation. He specialises in acquired brain and spinal injuries and other specialist neurological conditions. His experience ranges from acute neurology in large teaching hospitals to community based neurological rehabilitation. View CV and full qualifications (PDF) |
Simon Churchill is a Biomedical Engineer with 16 years experience working in the assistive technology field. His experience includes assessing people with congenital or birth disorders such as cerebral palsy and also acquired disorders such as stroke, traumatic brain injury, cerebral anoxia, locked in syndrome, spinal injury, Motor Neurone Disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Muscular Dystrophy, Parkinson's Disease, Progressive Supranuclear Palsy and Multiple Systems Atrophy. View CV and full qualifications (PDF) |
Sue Elizabeth Williams has 30 years experience of nursing. After qualifying, she worked for 16 years in an acute medical environment at a university hospital, after which she progressed to the field of specialist rehabilitation (stroke, orthopaedic & amputee rehabilitation). In 1999, Sue Williams became the ward manager of the spinal injuries centre at Rookwood Hospital. Sue also teaches extensively on the spinal injury course at Cardiff University. View CV and full qualifications (PDF) |
Mandy Fairweather has been involved in service development, support of junior staff, training initiatives, provision of clinical placements and advice on alternative and augmentative communication systems. She has provided external training on brain injury related topics to other services and she continues to promote the needs of brain-injured adults amongst the wider community. View CV and full qualifications (PDF) |
Jill Fraser qualified with a B.Sc (Hons) degree in Occupational Therapy in 2000. Highlights of Jill’s career include developing specialist expertise in mental health and managing several teams, in both hospital and community settings. This includes extensive experience working with cognitive behavioural therapy and with those with complex needs. View CV and full qualifications (PDF) |
Sue Hanisch is an Occupational Therapist and Human Givens Practitioner, who is fluent in Dutch. She is a member of the British Association of Occupational Therapy, the Health Professions Council, as well as a member of the European Therapy Studies Institute, the Human Givens Institute and is a graduate in Thought Field Therapy and Emotional Freedom Technique. Sue Hanisch, in addition to paediatric work, undertakes assessments and prepares reports for clients who have a variety of orthopaedic conditions, amputations as well as spinal injuries. View CV and full qualifications (PDF) |
Anne Harris specialises in long term, complex disabilities. Anne is involved in preparing reports on the needs of children and adults with a wide variety of disabilities, including cerebral palsy, head injury, challenging behaviour and learning disabilities, spinal cord injury and orthopaedic injuries to upper and lower limbs and back. View CV and full qualifications (PDF) |
Shirley Kearns is an experienced Occupational Therapist, registered with the Health Professions Council. Shirley has worked in the NHS, Social Services and the Independent Sector gaining extensive experience of working with children and adults with complex disabilities. View CV and full qualifications (PDF) |
Alison Morgan is an experienced Occupational Therapist, registered with the Health Professions Council and is a member of the British Association of Occupational Therapists. Alison has worked in the NHS, Social Services and the Independent Sector gaining extensive experience of working with children and adults with complex disabilities. View CV and full qualifications (PDF) |
Linda Morris' special area of expertise is neurological and neurosurgical conditions, and she has maintained a special interest in the psychological aspects and effects of physical disability, issues of loss and bereavement. View CV and full qualifications (PDF) |
Wendy Murphy has 18 years experience in preparing Expert Witness reports, relating to assessing the physiotherapy needs of persons of any age who have congenital or acquired impairment and/or disability that arise from neurological origin. View CV and full qualifications (PDF) |
Catherine Newcombe has over 25 years of practical experience within the NHS, Private Sector and in the Community. She has extensive experience in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care and was the Senior Sister of a Neurosurgical ward for six years. View CV and full qualifications (PDF) |
Alicia O'Brien has been involved in assessing claims for Long Term Care and Total and Permanent Disability, preparing reports and making recommendations for rehabilitation, care, equipment and alterations to the home. Alicia has a longstanding interest in wheelchairs and tissue viability and more recently in the ageing process and cognitive impairment. Throughout her career, she has always had an interest in management and recently gained a Masters in Business Administration. View CV and full qualifications (PDF) |
Sue Paddison, Grad Dip Phys MCSP,offers comprehensive experience in working with people with spinal cord injury from the acute stage immediately post injury through the early rehabilitation and onto reintegration back into the community. She has extensive experience of peripheral nerve injury and brachial plexus management, as well as diverse skills in musculo-skeletal conditions. View CV and full qualifications (PDF) |
Sally Plumb, RGN, has 19 years experience which spans critical, acute, rehabilitation, palliative and community care. Sally has undertaken a number of immediate needs assessments, has an ongoing caseload of clients who have suffered traumatic brain injury and orthopaedic injury; and has an advisory case management role. Sally also undertakes medico-legal care expert reports of clinical negligence and personal injuries cases. View CV and full qualifications (PDF) |
Gail graduated from Liverpool University in 1994 with a BSc Occupational Therapy degree. After spending the first four years of her career working on surgical, medical and rehabilitation wards and in the community, she went on to specialise in working with adults and children with complex disabilities. Gail has worked in lower limb amputee rehabilitation both in the hospital and community. View CV and full qualifications (PDF) |
Nina has seventeen years of experience as a Physiotherapist and specialised in neurological rehabilitation early in her career. Her experience includes clients with acquired brain injury and orthopaedic problems following road traffic accidents, spinal cord injury, stroke (cerebrovascular accident) and cerebral palsy. In addition, Nina lectures nationally on neurological rehabilitation. View CV and full qualifications (PDF) |
Jane Toplis has worked as an architect on residential and public buildings before specialising in accessible design and consultancy since 1997. Jane has worked with major companies who specialise in access and architecture. View CV and full qualifications (PDF) |
Brian Towers, Dip Arch (Oxford) ARIBA NRAC,has considerable experience in the design of housing and the preparation of evidence for personal injury and medical negligence claims regarding permanent disabilities. The disabilities for which Mr Towers has direct experience include paraplegia, tetraplegia, brain damage, cerebral palsy, amputation, visual impairment and blindness View CV and full qualifications (PDF) |
Hazel Tuckfield has extensive experience in case work as a Social Services occupational therapist. Her work involved the assessment of adults and children with a variety of disabilities within their home environment, this included the recommendation for specialised equipment and adaptation to property. Her special interests have focused on children with complex needs as a result of neurological disorders and other childhood disabilities. View CV and full qualifications (PDF) |
Odile went on to become a senior therapist at Kings College Hospital in the Neuroscience Regional Unit and found a specialist role for herself assessing and treating higher level cognitive dysfunction. This led to her specialising in neurology and head injury and experience of treating clients with complex and higher level cognitive difficulties. View CV and full qualifications (PDF) |
Michelle Whitton has wide clinical experience of a variety of communication problems associated with cerebral palsy, acquired brain injury, neurological syndromes and autism, and also has expertise in working with clients with complex needs and sensory loss. View CV and full qualifications (PDF) |
Penny Wright qualified as a paediatric nurse at the Royal Liverpool Children’s Hospital, and then went on to do her general nurse training at the Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford. Penny’s nursing experience is wide and varied. She has worked in paediatric wards and Special Care Baby Units in Liverpool, Oxford, Nottingham, London and Guildford. View CV and full qualifications (PDF) |