I have over 30 years’ experience as an Occupational Therapist, working within the NHS and the private sector.

I have worked at Spire Parkway Hospital for over 20 years, setting up and developing the occupational therapy service for all who attend the hospital.

I work primarily with inpatients, facilitating a person’s admission and discharge and ensuring their care and support needs are identified and addressed. I also see outpatients; carrying out assessments, deciding on patient centred intervention including advice and information or provision of equipment to enable independence.

I work as part of a multidisciplinary team assessing a person before they come into hospital, and ensuring that they are medically fit and prepared for their surgery. I also work on the ward to help patients recover their functional ability post op and work towards their discharge home with the appropriate equipment and support.

I have a particular interest in complex discharges and supporting dementia suffering patients and their families. I ensure that both the patient’s and the carer’s care needs and concerns are met and any side effects of the surgery are kept to a minimum. As a consequence of this interest I represent Spire Parkway Hospital at Solihull Dementia Action Alliance meetings, striving to make Solihull a more dementia friendly community.