Allied Health Professions Workforce Research Partnership
Supporting a sustainable and effective Allied Health Professions workforce in rural and coastal regions and in deprived urban areas
AHP Workforce PSP Steering Group
Below is a list of the AHP Workforce PSP Steering Group members. The Steering Group oversees the PSP, organises and completes its activities, and is ultimately accountable for key decisions made about the PSP. The AHP Workforce PSP Steering Group members represent all 14 AHPs and all 4 devolved nations of the UK, and those in frontline, patient facing roles as well as those in leadership positions.
Member
Role
Location
Associated Professional Body
Dr Liz Boaden
Senior Research Fellow/Speech & Language Therapist
Lancashire
Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
Victoria Cadman
Senior Lecturer in Operating Department Practice
South Yorkshire
College of Operating Department Practitioners
Professor Kay Cooper
Clinical Professor of Allied Health Professions/Associate Dean in School of Health/Physiotherapist
Aberdeen
Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
Claire Donaldson
Specialist/Diagnostic Radiographer & Superintendent Radiographer
Dundee
Society of Radiographers
Dr Nicky Eddison
Associate Professor/Consultant Orthotist/Chair of BAPO
Staffordshire
British Association of Prosthetics and Orthotics
Marion Goodchild
Public & Patient Representative/Nurse background
Lincolnshire
N/A
Professor Beverley Harden
Deputy Chief Allied Health Professions Officer/Visiting Professor
Hampshire
Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
Katya Herman
Music Therapist
London
British Association for Music Therapy
Dr Jed Jerwood
Advanced Clinical Academic Art Psychotherapist
Birmingham
British Association of Art Therapists
Louise Jordan
Specialist Dietitian/AHP Lead West Suffolk
West Suffolk
British Dietetic Association
Eleanor Keiller
Dramatherapist/Doctoral researcher/Research chair for British Association of Dramatherapists
London
The British Association of Dramatherapists
Kim Kirby
Senior Research Fellow in Paramedic Science/Research Paramedic
Bristol
College of Paramedics
Nomalanga Makhanda
Professional Lead Occupational Therapist/Deputy Chief Allied Health Professional/Chair of CAHPO BAME Strategic Advisory Group
South Yorkshire
Royal College of Occupational Therapists
Kimberley Martin
ACP Podiatrist – Lead Diabetes and Hot Foot Coordinator
Wiltshire
Royal College of Podiatry
Professor Jane McAdam
Professor of Leadership in Knowledge Transfer/Interim Deputy Dean/Chair of The Royal College of Podiatry
Greater Manchester
Royal College of Podiatry
Martin Rhodes
Orthoptic Professional Service Manager/Ophthalmology Research Lead/BIOS CAG lead for EPDC
South Yorkshire
British and Irish Orthoptic Society
Anna Southworth
Radiotherapy Treatment Team Leader & Research Specialist
Lancashire
Society of Radiographers
Jennifer Madden
Consultant Podiatrist in Diabetes
Belfast
Royal College of Podiatry
Bethan Davies
Senior Lecturer & Programme Director – Osteopathy, and Osteopathy Clinical Service Lead
Swansea
The Institute of Osteopathy
