Kate Lewis
BA (Hons) Nursing
Specialisms
Adults and children.
- Acquired & traumatic brain injury (all severities)
- Spinal cord injury (all levels)
- Cerebral palsy
- Associated mental health
- Associated cognitive impairment and challenging behaviours
- Associated pain
Clinical Currency Statement
As at August 2026, I am engaged in the role of Senior Case Manager for Breakthrough Case Management for an average of 120 hours per month.
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Employment Profile
Kate is a Registered Nurse and Advanced Member of BABICM with over 16 years’ experience as a Senior Case Manager specialising in the assessment, rehabilitation and case management of adults and children with catastrophic and complex injuries.
She has particular expertise in acquired and traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury and cerebral palsy, with particular expertise in the complex physical, cognitive, behavioural and psychological consequences of neurological injury, including impaired cognition, reduced insight, challenging behaviours, associated pain and mental health difficulties. Her experience gives her a detailed understanding of how these challenges can affect an individual’s independence, safety, daily functioning and quality of life.
Kate has substantial experience working alongside solicitors, clients, families and multidisciplinary professionals in complex pre- and post-settlement cases. She provides practical, evidence-based recommendations informed by her clinical and case management expertise, with a focus on identifying appropriate care and equipment needs and maximising an individual’s independence.
Her expertise encompasses the assessment, coordination and implementation of complex care packages across Continuing Healthcare, local authority and private funding arrangements. This includes agency and directly employed support teams, together with recruitment, training and ongoing monitoring of care staff and support workers. Her understanding of establishing and managing care packages enables her to consider not only the level of care and equipment required, but also how these can be safely and effectively delivered in practice.
Kate’s background in children’s intensive care, community complex care and specialist healthcare advisory services provides a strong clinical foundation. Her wider experience includes rehabilitation planning, vocational rehabilitation, equipment provision, safeguarding, behavioural management, supported living transitions, education and EHCP planning, palliative care planning and the management of complex family and psychosocial dynamics.
She maintains her professional development through ongoing CPD, providing peer supervision to other case managers, and engagement with current best practice. In recognition of her work, she was nominated for the CMSUK Catastrophic Case Manager of the Year Award in 2025.
Qualifications and Membership
- BA (Hons) Nursing (Children), Middlesex University (1997)
- Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC)
- Case Management Society UK (CMSUK)
- Advanced Member: British Association of Brain Injury & Complex Case Management (BABICM)
- Institute of Registered Case Managers (IRCM)
Career History
Present
Care Expert Witness
Jacqueline Webb & Co. Ltd
2024 to present
Senior Case Manager
Breakthrough Case Management
2022 to 2024
Senior Case Manager
Spinal Injury Case Management (SICM)
2020 to 2022
Senior Case Manager
Stokes Case Management
2013 to 2020
Senior Case Manager
Rehab Without Walls
2012 to 2013
Case Manager
Brownbill
2010 to 2011
Case Management Specialist
Advantage Healthcare Group
2007 to 2010
Children’s Nurse
Birmingham Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust