Specialisms
- Brain injury (traumatic and acquired).
- Complex traumatic multi-pathology with brain injury.
- Cognitive and behavioural difficulties.
- Lower limb amputations.
- Adult CP.
- Associated orthopaedic injuries.
- Associated spinal injury.
- Associated mental health.
- Associated fatigue.
Clinical Currency Statement
As at October 2023, I am engaged in the role of Case Manager for Integrated Case Management for an average of 80 hours per month.
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Specific Injuries Experience
Louise works as an independent Case Manager and has extensive experience in supporting adults with traumatic or acquired brain injuries and complex multi-pathology following injury or medical negligence.
Her clients commonly have a combination of cognitive, psychological and physical injuries which impact on all aspects of their daily lives.
Many of Louise’s clients have significant physical injuries, often in addition to brain injury, including amputation and spinal injury.
As Louise works with adults, she is experienced in considering the wider impact of her client’s injuries on their responsibilities for work and family life, including childcare. She is responsible for engaging therapy and care services and reviewing the ongoing requirements for these services, adjusting recommendations and care plans in accordance with the client’s changing needs. Louise has experience of using both agency care and directly employing support workers to provide care.
She values each client’s individual lifestyle choices and strongly supports leisure and holiday goals to maximise quality of life.
Although she works in the private sector Louise works alongside statutory services and supports her clients with assessments for funding and benefits.
Employment Profile
Louise has worked as an independent Expert Witness with Jacqueline Webb & Co since 2006 and has completed numerous reports for use in litigation. She has extensive experience of attending case conferences and participating in expert meetings. She has given evidence in Court on two occasions, including virtual Court in 2020.
Louise previously led her own Case Management Company for almost 10 years, providing case management services to adults with brain injury or multi-pathology complex cases. Alongside her own Case Management caseload, as Company Director Louise also prepared for CQC registration which consolidated the practical knowledge she has with ensuring directly employed care is safe and well managed.
In order to focus more time on her clinical role, rather than business management, Louise has more recently joined Integrated Case Management as a Case Manager. Her role is to co-ordinate the care, rehabilitation, vocational and housing needs of clients and provide support to their families. Many of the clients she works with have multi-pathology from being involved in road traffic accidents or accidents in the workplace and Louise engages privately employed and agency care packages, identifying the most appropriate solution.
Since qualifying as an Occupational Therapist in 1998, Louise has a wide range of experience in hospital, community and social services settings and has worked in many specialist areas including medicine and surgery – predominantly amputees, orthopaedics and neurosciences. Whilst she has particular expertise in brain injury, having worked in this area since 2001, Louise continues to work with amputees and orthopaedic injuries. The Case Management Company she was previously employed by worked with clients with brain injury only, however she has expanded the business to work with clients who have orthopaedic injuries and undergone amputations.
Louise is a member of the British Association of Brain Injury Case Managers (BABICM), and Case Management Society UK (CMSUK).
Qualifications and Membership
- BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy, University of Derby (1998).
- British Association Occupational Therapists (BAOT).
- MSc Case Management Module, Birmingham University (2012).
- Member of the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
- British Association of Brain Injury Case Managers (BABICM).
Career History
Present
Care Expert Witness
Jacqueline Webb & Co Limited
2022-Present
Case Manager
Integrated Case Management
2013-2022
Director and Case Manager
Louise Denzel Case Management Limited
2010-2013
Independent Brain Injury Case Management
Angela Washington Limited
2007-2016
Programme Manager (providing home-based rehabilitation programmes for brain injured adults and children)
Reach Personal Injury Services Limited
2008-2010
Senior Occupational Therapist – Stroke Services
Nottingham University Hospital
2007
Occupational Therapist
Cornwall Hospice Care, St Julia’s Hospice, Hayle, Cornwall
2003-2007
Locum Occupational Therapist
Variety of settings, including 18 months in Social Services
2001-2003
Senior Occupational Therapist – Neuroscience
Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham
1998-2001
Basic Grade Occupational Therapist
The Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
The Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust