Allied Health Profession Case Studies
Our Allied Health Professional case studies show how innovative programmes, service design, quality improvement and training can have a positive effect on the public's health and wellbeing. We are always open to hearing about and publishing public health initiative case studies.
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Allied Health Profession Case Studies by Profession
Art Therapist
Contact: Nicki Power
Head of Arts Therapies for Bedfordshire & Luton
East London NHS Foundation Trust
The added value of art therapy practice within maternity and perinatal parent-infant mental health
Contact: Diane Bruce
Art Psychotherapist, North East London NHS Foundation Trust (NELFT)
Contact: Vivienne Gibbons
Contact: Nili Sigal
Art Psychotherapist
NHS Devon Partnership Trust
Email: [email protected]
Susan Ellis, Art Psychotherapist, Envisage Arts CIC
Email: [email protected]
Dietitian
Disease Prevention in South Asian Community Through Healthy Eating Awareness via Social Media
Contact: Fareeha Jay
Freelance Dietitian
Email: [email protected]
Developing a Foodtalk Game as a nutrition and health training tool for early years staff
Contact: Melissa Little
Foodtalk CIC
Email: [email protected]
Contact: Mrs Farhat Hamid
Head of Nutrition & Dietetics Brent
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
Contact: Mrs Farhat Hamid
Head of Nutrition & Dietetics Brent
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
Email: [email protected]
Contact: Carly Atkinson
Specialist Dietitian
2gether NHS Foundation Trust
Email: [email protected]
Contact: Anna Scott
Early Years Dietitian
Evelina London
Email: [email protected]
Contact: Jennie Crossan
Early Years Dietitian
Evelina London
Email: [email protected]
A Nutrition Education and Cooking Intervention in a UK Foodbank
Contact: Alexandra Harper
Coventry University
Email: [email protected]
Contact: Lisa Williams
Dietitian
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Contact Michelle Graham-Steele, Cook it! Dietitian & Co-ordinator
Jill Stewart, Cook it! Dietitian
Leona Hill, Cook it! Development Officer
Nutrition and Dietetics, Northern Health and Social Care Trust
Get Nourished: preventing, identifying and treating malnutrition in older people in Dundee
Author: Linda McGrath , Dietitian, Community Food Team, NHS Tayside
Drama Therapist
The Get Going Group: dramatherapy for people with learning disabilities and mental ill health
Contact: Jane Bourne
Dramatherapist
Cumbria, Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust & Chair of The British Association of Dramatherapists
Email: [email protected]; [email protected]
Multidisciplinary Team
Preparing patients to recover more quickly - “Prehabilitation” for major abdominal cancer surgery
Contact: Tom Embury
Public Affairs Officer
British Dietetic Association
Email: [email protected]
Supporting the Development of Placements for Allied Health Professionals in Public Health Settings
Contact: Laura Charlesworth
Associate Professor – Allied Health Professions (Therapeutic Radiographer)
University of Lincoln
Email: [email protected]
Developing and diversifying routes into Allied Health Professions (AHP) in East London
Contact: Dr Matthew Almond
Allied Health Professional Training and Development
University of East London
Email: [email protected]
Music Therapist
Contact: Angela Voyajolu, Research Manager and Katya Herman, Neurologic Music Therapist
Chiltern Music Therapy
Email: [email protected]
What is the impact of a Neurologic Music Therapy service on an inpatient acute Stroke Unit?
Contact: Ellie Ruddock
Chiltern Music Therapy
Email: [email protected]
Evaluating the Impact of Music Therapy for Children with Dementia
Contact: Rebecca Atkinson
Director and Researcher
Chiltern Music Therapy
Email: [email protected]
Orthoptist
Contact: Dawn Buchan
Advanced Orthoptic Practitioner
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde South Sector
Email: [email protected]
Contact: Jessica Wood
Orthoptist
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
Email: [email protected]
Improving access to eye care for adults with learning disabilities in South Devon
Contact: Kathy Diplock
Orthoptic Department
Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
Email: [email protected]
Contact: Kathryn Whitfield
Advanced Orthoptist
Contact: Kathryn Whitfield
Lead of the British & Irish Orthoptic Society Visual Processing Difficulties Clinical Advisory Group
Email: [email protected]
Preceptorship Public Health Initiative: New Graduates
Contact: Rebecca Flynn
Harrogate District Hospital
Email: [email protected]
Orthoptic Public Health. Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Contact: Alysha Budd
Advanced Orthoptist
Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Email: [email protected]
Contact: Javeria Butt
Orthoptist
Email: [email protected]
Osteopath
Occupational Therapist
Sport for Confidence and Stay Connected: Creating an online physical activity service
Contact: Lyndsey Barrett and Liz Fletcher
Occupational Therapists
Sport for Confidence CIC
Emails: [email protected] and [email protected]
Provision of Therapeutic Boxing for Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit
Contact: Jenny Bailey
Live Clinical Team Leader
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Addressing occupational deprivation as a way to reduce health inequalities
Contact: Carol Duff
Occupational Therapist
University of Lincoln
Email: [email protected]
Contact: Lauren Walker
Occupational Therapist
Royal College of Occupational Therapists (case study relates to a previous role with Healthy London Partnership)
Cate Bennett Occupational Therapist Bsc Msc advanced practice.
Ava Woodhouse Pre-registration MSc occupational therapy student, University of Derby
Alicia Lancashire Pre-registration MSc occupational therapy student, University of Derby
Email [email protected]
Physiotherapist
Contact: Kelly Holehouse
Physiotherapist
Barbara Castle Way Health Centre Physiotherapy Department
Blackburn East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
Contact: Niamh Keating
Physiotherapist
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Email: [email protected]
Contact: Fiona Hall
Advanced Physiotherapist MSK
Clitheroe Physiotherapy Department
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
Email: [email protected]
Contact: Sally Roberts
Physiotherapist
Solent NHS Trust
Email: [email protected]
Contact: Dave Archer
Macmillan Prehabilitation and Therapy Lead
Email: [email protected]
Prosthetists and Orthotists
Improving the quality of orthotics services in England
Author: NHS England, 2015
Podiatrist
Radiographer
Utilising Facebook to improve uptake in Breast Screening
Contact: Gina Newman & Jessica Mulroy Johnson
University Hospital of North Midlands
Speech and Language Therapist
Contact: Sarah Ratcliffe and Alison Ferris
Speech and Language Therapists
South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust
Email: [email protected]
Contact: Anne McKee, Speech and Language Therapist
Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
Email: [email protected]
Early Years Communication and Language Pathway in Manchester
Contact: Julie Ashworth
Speech and Language Therapy Team Lead Surestart
Manchester Foundation Trust part of Manchester Local Care Organisation (MLCO)
Email: [email protected]
Contact: Angela Crocker
Lead Clinical Speech and Lanuage Therapist
Carlisle Health and Wellbeing Centre
Clinical outcomes of patients referred to Speech & Language Therapy with Chronic Cough (CC)
Contact: Lydia Hart and Judith Anderson
[email protected] and [email protected]
Communication first: people experiencing street homelessness
Contact: Leigh Andrews
Speech and Language Therapist
Change Communication
Email: [email protected]
Enabling adults with learning disabilities to understand their health recommendations
Conact: Rachael Middle
Advanced Speech and Language Therapist
Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust
Email: [email protected]
Contact: Helen Witts
Speech & Language Therapist
Walton Hospital
Email: [email protected]
Author: Anne McKee, Speech & Language Therapist
BHCST
Email: [email protected]
Support Worker
Physical activity engagement with ’easy to ignore’ communities
Contact: Margaret Clarke
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Rehabilitation assistant Band 4 (PT/OT)
Email: [email protected]
Addressing health inequalities in a Specialist Burns Unit
Contact: Katie Betteridge
Senior Therapy Assistant
Email: [email protected]
Maximizing the sight of young children to achieve their academic potential
Contact: Catherine Siemaszko
Orthoptist Assistant
Email: [email protected]
Using technology to passively reduce surface virus and bacteria levels
Contact: Joe Maslen
Radiotherapy Assistant
Email [email protected]
Allied Health Profession case studies by Theme
Health inequalities
Visit the health inequalities section of the hub here.
Contact: Sarah Ratcliffe and Alison Ferris
Speech and Language Therapists
South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust
Email: [email protected]
Health Inequalities - Patients
Contact: Jessica Wood
Orthoptist
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
Email: [email protected]
Orthoptic Public Health. Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Contact: Alysha Budd
Advanced Orthoptist
Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Email: [email protected]
The added value of art therapy practice within maternity and perinatal parent-infant mental health
Contact: Diane Bruce
Art Psychotherapist
North East London NHS Foundation Trust (NELFT)
Email: [email protected]
Contact: Angela Voyajolu, Research Manager and Katya Herman, Neurologic Music Therapist
Chiltern Music Therapy
Email: [email protected]
Art therapy in a range of gallery-based arts interventions for the wellbeing of parents and infants
Contact: Vicky Armstrong
Art Therapist
University of Dundee and Dundee Contemporary Arts
Email: [email protected]
Health Inequalities - Clinical team, pathways and service groups
Provision of Therapeutic Boxing for Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit
Contact: Jenny Bailey
Live Clinical Team Leader
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Contact: Fay Sibley
Health Innovation Network
Email: fay.sibley@nhs.net
Contact: Niamh Keating
Physiotherapist
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Email: [email protected]
Contact: Sally Roberts
Physiotherapist
Solent NHS Trust
Email: [email protected]
Health Inequalities - Communities and Networks
Sport for Confidence and Stay Connected: Creating an online physical activity service
Contact: Lyndsey Barrett and Liz Fletcher
Occupational Therapists
Sport for Confidence CIC
Emails: [email protected] and [email protected]
Contact: Anne McKee, Speech and Language Therapist
Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
Email: [email protected]
Communication first: people experiencing street homelessness
Contact: Leigh Andrews
Speech and Language Therapist
Change Communication
Email: [email protected]
A Nutrition Education and Cooking Intervention in a UK Foodbank
Contact: Alexandra Harper
Coventry University
Email: [email protected]
Contact: Vivienne Gibbons
Art Psychotherapist
LS14 Trust
Email: [email protected]
Forgotten Feet – Helping Homeless Feet
Contact: Deborah Monk
Podiatrist
Forgotten Feet
Contact: Lisa Williams
Dietitian
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Contact Michelle Graham-Steele, Cook it! Dietitian & Co-ordinator
Jill Stewart, Cook it! Dietitian
Leona Hill, Cook it! Development Officer
Nutrition and Dietetics, Northern Health and Social Care Trust
Health Inequalities - Systems
Contact: Kathryn Whitfield
Advanced Orthoptist
Contact: Nicki Power
Head of Arts Therapies for Bedfordshire & Luton
East London NHS Foundation Trust
Email: [email protected]
Utilising Facebook to improve uptake in Breast Screening
Contact: Gina Newman & Jessica Mulroy Johnson
University Hospital of North Midlands
Improving the quality of orthotics services in England
Author: NHS England, 2015
Contact: Lauren Walker
Occupational Therapist
Royal College of Occupational Therapists (case study relates to a previous role with Healthy London Partnership)
Email: [email protected]
Health Inequalities - Nurturing the Future
Addressing occupational deprivation as a way to reduce health inequalities
Contact: Carol Duff
Occupational Therapist
University of Lincoln
Email: [email protected]
Supporting the Development of Placements for Allied Health Professionals in Public Health Settings
Contact: Laura Charlesworth
Associate Professor – Allied Health Professions (Therapeutic Radiographer)
University of Lincoln
Email: [email protected]
Developing and diversifying routes into Allied Health Professions (AHP) in East London
Contact: Dr Matthew Almond
Allied Health Professional Training and Development
University of East London
Email: [email protected]
Cate Bennett Occupational Therapist Bsc Msc advanced practice.
Ava Woodhouse Pre-registration MSc occupational therapy student, University of Derby
Alicia Lancashire Pre-registration MSc occupational therapy student, University of Derby
Email [email protected]
Susan Ellis, Art Psychotherapist, Envisage Arts CIC
Email: [email protected]
Children and Young People
Contact: Sarah Ratcliffe and Alison Ferris
Speech and Language Therapists
South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust
Email: [email protected]
Contact: Anne McKee, Speech and Language Therapist
Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
Email: [email protected]
Contact: Mrs Farhat Hamid
Head of Nutrition & Dietetics Brent
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
Email: [email protected]
Contact: Mrs Farhat Hamid
Head of Nutrition & Dietetics Brent
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
Email: [email protected]
Contact: Anna Scott
Early Years Dietitian
Evelina London
Email: [email protected]
Contact: Jennie Crossan
Early Years Dietitian
Evelina London
Email: [email protected]
Contact: Kathryn Whitfield
Lead of the British & Irish Orthoptic Society Visual Processing Difficulties Clinical Advisory Group
Email: [email protected]
Early Years Communication and Language Pathway in Manchester
Contact: Julie Ashworth
Speech and Language Therapy Team Lead Surestart
Manchester Foundation Trust part of Manchester Local Care Organisation (MLCO)
Email: [email protected]
Evaluating the Impact of Music Therapy for Children with Dementia
Contact: Rebecca Atkinson
Director and Researcher
Chiltern Music Therapy
Email: [email protected]
Making Every Contact Count (MECC)
Contact: Jessica Wood
Orthoptist
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
Email: [email protected]
Contact: Fiona Hall
Advanced Physiotherapist MSK
Clitheroe Physiotherapy Department
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
Email: [email protected]
Contact: Niamh Keating
Physiotherapist
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Email: [email protected]
Preceptorship Public Health Initiative: New Graduates
Contact: Rebecca Flynn
Harrogate District Hospital
Email: [email protected]
Health and Safety
Contact: Angela Crocker
Lead Clinical Speech and Lanuage Therapist
Carlisle Health and Wellbeing Centre
Contact: Helen Witts
Speech & Language Therapist
Walton Hospital
Email: [email protected]
Living with a Disability
Sport for Confidence and Stay Connected: Creating an online physical activity service
Contact: Lyndsey Barrett and Liz Fletcher
Occupational Therapists
Sport for Confidence CIC
Emails: [email protected] and [email protected]
Contact: Carly Atkinson
Specialist Dietitian
2gether NHS Foundation Trust
Email: [email protected]
Improving access to eye care for adults with learning disabilities in South Devon
Contact: Kathy Diplock
Orthoptic Department
Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
Email: [email protected]
Enabling adults with learning disabilities to understand their health recommendations
Conact: Rachael Middle
Advanced Speech and Language Therapist
Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust
Email: [email protected]
Evaluating the Impact of Music Therapy for Children with Dementia
Contact: Rebecca Atkinson
Director and Researcher
Chiltern Music Therapy
Email: [email protected]
Contact: Sally Roberts
Physiotherapist
Solent NHS Trust
Email: [email protected]
The Get Going Group: dramatherapy for people with learning disabilities and mental ill health
Contact: Jane Bourne
Dramatherapist
Cumbria, Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust & Chair of The British Association of Dramatherapists
Email: [email protected]; [email protected]
Mental Health and Wellbeing
Contact: Jessica Wood
Orthoptist
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
Email: [email protected]
Provision of Therapeutic Boxing for Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit
Contact: Jenny Bailey
Live Clinical Team Leader
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Contact: Kelly Holehouse
Physiotherapist
Barbara Castle Way Health Centre Physiotherapy Department
Blackburn East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
Email: [email protected]
Contact: Angela Voyajolu, Research Manager and Katya Herman, Neurologic Music Therapist
Chiltern Music Therapy
Email: [email protected]
Contact: Nili Sigal
Art Psychotherapist
NHS Devon Partnership Trust
Email: [email protected]
Contact: Nicki Power
Head of Arts Therapies for Bedfordshire & Luton
East London NHS Foundation Trust
Email: [email protected]
The added value of art therapy practice within maternity and perinatal parent-infant mental health
Contact: Diane Bruce
Art Psychotherapist
North East London NHS Foundation Trust (NELFT)
Email: [email protected]
Susan Ellis, Art Psychotherapist, Envisage Arts CIC
Email: [email protected]
Innovation and Social Media
Utilising Facebook to improve uptake in Breast Screening
Contact: Gina Newman & Jessica Mulroy Johnson
University Hospital of North Midlands
Disease Prevention in South Asian Community Through Healthy Eating Awareness via Social Media
Contact: Fareeha Jay
Freelance Dietitian
Email: [email protected]
Health Improvement
Contact: Dawn Buchan
Advanced Orthoptic Practitioner
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde South Sector
Email: [email protected]
Contact: Jessica Wood
Orthoptist
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
Email: [email protected]
Contact: Anne McKee, Speech and Language Therapist
Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
Email: [email protected]
The added value of art therapy practice within maternity and perinatal parent-infant mental health
Contact: Diane Bruce
Art Psychotherapist, North East London NHS Foundation Trust (NELFT)
Provision of Therapeutic Boxing for Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit
Contact: Jenny Bailey
Live Clinical Team Leader
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Preceptorship Public Health Initiative: New Graduates
Contact: Rebecca Flynn
Harrogate District Hospital
Email: [email protected]
Clinical outcomes of patients referred to Speech & Language Therapy with Chronic Cough (CC)
Contact: Lydia Hart and Judith Anderson
[email protected] and [email protected]
Preparing patients to recover more quickly - “Prehabilitation” for major abdominal cancer surgery
Contact: Tom Embury
Public Affairs Officer
British Dietetic Association
Email: [email protected]
Developing a Foodtalk Game as a nutrition and health training tool for early years staff
Contact: Melissa Little
Foodtalk CIC
Email: [email protected]
What is the impact of a Neurologic Music Therapy service on an inpatient acute Stroke Unit?
Contact: Ellie Ruddock
Chiltern Music Therapy
Email: [email protected]
Contact: Vivienne Gibbons
Art Psychotherapist
LS14 Trust
Email: [email protected]
Evaluating the Impact of Music Therapy for Children with Dementia
Contact: Rebecca Atkinson
Director and Researcher
Chiltern Music Therapy
Email: [email protected]
The Get Going Group: dramatherapy for people with learning disabilities and mental ill health
Contact: Jane Bourne
Dramatherapist
Cumbria, Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust & Chair of The British Association of Dramatherapists
Email: [email protected]; [email protected]
Contact: Nili Sigal
Art Psychotherapist
NHS Devon Partnership Trust
Email: [email protected]
Contact: Lisa Williams
Dietitian
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Contact Michelle Graham-Steele, Cook it! Dietitian & Co-ordinator
Jill Stewart, Cook it! Dietitian
Leona Hill, Cook it! Development Officer
Nutrition and Dietetics, Northern Health and Social Care Trust
Author: Anne McKee, Speech & Language Therapist
BHCST
Email: [email protected]
Get Nourished: preventing, identifying and treating malnutrition in older people in Dundee
Author: Linda McGrath , Dietitian, Community Food Team, NHS Tayside
Addressing health inequalities in a Specialist Burns Unit
Contact: Katie Betteridge
Senior Therapy Assistant
Email: [email protected]
Maximizing the sight of young children to achieve their academic potential
Contact: Catherine Siemaszko
Orthoptist Assistant
Email: [email protected]
Contact: Dave Archer
Macmillan Prehabilitation and Therapy Lead
Email: [email protected]
Population Healthcare
Contact: Sarah Ratcliffe and Alison Ferris
Speech and Language Therapists
South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust
Email: [email protected]
Sport for Confidence and Stay Connected: Creating an online physical activity service
Contact: Lyndsey Barrett and Liz Fletcher
Occupational Therapists
Sport for Confidence CIC
Emails: [email protected] and [email protected]
Improving the quality of orthotics services in England
Author: NHS England, 2015
Contact: Helen Witts
Speech & Language Therapist
Walton Hospital
Email: [email protected]
Contact: Lauren Walker
Occupational Therapist
Royal College of Occupational Therapists (case study relates to a previous role with Healthy London Partnership)
Email: [email protected]
Contact: Nicki Power
Head of Arts Therapies for Bedfordshire & Luton
East London NHS Foundation Trust
Email: [email protected]
The added value of art therapy practice within maternity and perinatal parent-infant mental health
Contact: Diane Bruce
Art Psychotherapist
North East London NHS Foundation Trust (NELFT)
Email: [email protected]
Get Nourished: preventing, identifying and treating malnutrition in older people in Dundee
Author: Linda McGrath , Dietitian, Community Food Team, NHS Tayside
Contact: Javeria Butt
Orthoptist
Email: [email protected]
Health Protection
Using technology to passively reduce surface virus and bacteria levels
Contact: Joe Maslen
Radiotherapy Assistant
Email [email protected]
Wider determinants
Physical activity engagement with ’easy to ignore’ communities
Contact: Margaret Clarke
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Rehabilitation assistant Band 4 (PT/OT)
Email: [email protected]