Specialisms
- Physical disabilities (including hip and knee replacements and multiple fractures).
- Lower limb amputations.
- Spinal injuries (such as spinal fractures).
- Complex neurological conditions (including stroke, Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson’s, Motor Neurone Disease, peripheral neuropathy).
- Functional Neurological Disorder (FND).
- Pain.
- Cancer.
- Terminal illnesses and palliative care.
- Geriatric care.
- Associated cognitive impairment / mental health.
- Associated bladder and bowel.
- Associated pressure sores.
- Associated visual or hearing impairment.
Clinical Currency Statement
As at May 2026, I am engaged in the role of Advanced Occupational Therapist Clinical Lead for Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust for an average of 121.5 hours per month.
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Specific Injuries Experience
Emily has extensive experience in the assessment and treatment of adults and older adults presenting with a wide range of physical and cognitive impairments arising from progressive medical conditions, neurological disorders and traumatic injuries.
She provides ongoing rehabilitation support and equipment provision through comprehensive assessment of clients’ functional needs and home environments. Emily is responsible for managing long-term therapy interventions, undertaking moving and handling assessments, and recommending appropriate care packages, specialist equipment, wheelchair provision and housing adaptations.
Emily works collaboratively with clients, families, carers and multidisciplinary teams to deliver person-centred, outcome-focused care and support.
As an Advanced Occupational Therapist, Emily specialises in working with adults and older adults presenting with neurological impairments resulting from traumatic injury, acquired brain injury, and progressive neurological conditions, including Stroke, Multiple Sclerosis, Motor Neurone Disease, Functional Neurological Disorder, and Parkinson’s disease. She has extensive experience managing associated cognitive impairments and mental health complexities, alongside co-existing health conditions such as obesity, diabetes, depression, anxiety, and dementia. Emily recognises the importance of adopting a holistic, person-centred approach when coordinating complex care needs.
Emily regularly supports geriatric patients with long-term and degenerative conditions. She is experienced in delivering compassionate palliative care and supporting individuals living with progressive conditions including Motor Neurone Disease, brain tumours, and cancer.
Emily also has substantial experience supporting individuals with complex orthopaedic injuries, including multiple fractures, joint replacements, and both pre-existing and newly acquired lower limb amputations.
Emily also has experience supporting clients presenting with mental health concerns, visual impairment, hearing loss, bladder and bowel issues, and pressure sores alongside their primary injury or medical condition.
Employment Profile
Emily currently works as an Advanced Occupational Therapist Clinical Lead based both within a rehabilitation unit and in the community. She provides a high standard of occupational therapy service for a large and varied clinical caseload of adults and elderly patients suffering from acute medical or orthopaedic conditions, requiring short interventions and intermediate care. A number of her patients have longer-term conditions and need multiple episodes of care. Emily also offers palliative care to adults and elderly patients with conditions such as Motor Neurone Disease and cancer. Through managing this complex caseload, Emily has developed specialised and effective patient assessment skills and is able to quickly build a rapport with patients and carers, gaining consent to develop and deliver individualised treatment programs. Previously she worked in an acute setting carrying out discharge planning, equipment provision and assessments for neurological and orthopaedic patients.
Prior to this, Emily lived and worked in Sweden for 10 years and speaks Swedish fluently. Initially she worked on orthopaedic and stroke wards before working within the community with both children and adults with mild to severe learning disabilities. Her duties included giving support and advice to the individual, their families and carers as well as selecting, prescribing and fitting equipment (cognitive, communication and daily living). Latterly she worked on a stroke and general medicine ward in a leading CARF-accredited (Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities) specialist rehabilitation hospital. Clients were admitted for an intensive period of rehabilitation with a multidisciplinary team. Her duties included assessing and identifying the client’s areas of difficulty, followed by planning and implementing the relevant treatment and assessing treatment outcomes. Emily liaised between the hospital and social services with regards to the planning of appropriate and safe patient discharge.
Emily has worked as a Care Expert Witness with Jacqueline Webb & Co since 2016.
Qualifications and Membership
- Occupational Therapy BSc (Hons), Oxford Brookes University, final placement (14 weeks) in Lund, Sweden (1996-2000).
- Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
- British Association of Occupational Therapists (BAOT).
Career History
Present
Care Expert Witness
Jacqueline Webb & Co Limited
2023-Present
Advanced Occupational Therapist Clinical Lead, Community Rehabilitation
Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, East Grinstead
2008-2023
Specialist Occupational Therapist, Community Rehabilitation
Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, East Grinstead
2008
Occupational Therapist
Princess Royal Hospital, Haywards Heath
2004-2008
Maternity Leave
2004
Occupational Therapist
Department of Health and Social Care, Eslöv, Sweden
2003-2004
Occupational Therapist
Rehabcentrum Lund-Orup, Sweden
2001-2002
Occupational Therapist
Department of Health and Social Care, Eslöv, Sweden
2000-2001
Occupational Therapist
Orthopaedic and Stroke Wards, Ystad Hospital, Ystad, Sweden