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]
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
We are seeking case studies from Support Workers in healthcare settings now.
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
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]