Prof Barnes is a neurologist and used to work in neurological rehabilitation. He has been involved in medical cannabis for many years. He worked initially on the first ever cannabis medicine - Sativex- and then produced a definitive report on cannabis for the APPG on Drug Policy in 2016. He then obtained the first cannabis license for the little boy Alfie Dingley in 2018 which lead to the law change later that year. He founded the Medical Cannabis Clinicians Society and the Cannabis Industry Council. He is a director of Maple Tree Medical Cannabis consultancy.

Elizabeth is a qualified Music Therapist, Neurologic Music Therapy Fellow and MATADOC assessor. Elizabeth holds the role of Neuro Services Lead at Chiltern and works clinically in a Level 1 rehabilitation unit and with case managed children/adults. Elizabeth is a regular conference presenter and guest lecturer and has recently co-authored a book chapter on NMT.

Miriam is the National Rehabilitation Centre Programme Director, and as such Miriam is accountable for delivering the capital programme and new clinical model for rehabilitation. The NRC has been designed to provide integrated space in which to train, research and treat rehabilitation staff and patients. The NRC will also provide space in which to invite industry partners to design and develop new products with staff and patients. The NRC will be the first NHS building to be Carbon Net Zero and is an innovative programme. 

Miriam is also the Chief Allied Health Professional at NUH. A physiotherapist by background and specialising in neurological rehabilitation, Miriam has spent her career championing the positive impact of rehabilitation and specifically the roles that allied health professionals play in this service.

Sarah has worked in the voluntary sector for 20 years, mainly within healthcare charities and joined The Katie Piper Foundation as Chief Executive in 2018. Her experience ranges from grass roots fundraising to leading and managing successful income generation and marketing teams. She has many years of senior management experience and leading organisations through significant change and transformational strategic developments. Under her leadership The Katie Piper Foundation launched the only adult rehabilitation service in the UK for adult survivors of burns and traumatic scarring.

Catrin works as a burns specialist physiotherapist for The Katie Piper Foundation, providing scar management, exercise therapy & rehabilitation daily for survivors of burns and traumatic scarring. Catrin is also a burns survivor herself, having sustained 96% burns at the age of 19. Catrin’s mix of professional and personal experiences of burns rehabilitation have led to her having a unique insight into the importance of rehabilitation. 

Sarah is a Partner in the serious injury team at Irwin Mitchell. Sarah specialises in complex cases involving life changing injuries and has a particular expertise in neurotrauma; bringing claims for both adults and children who have suffered a brain injury.

She is accredited as a brain injury specialist by the APIL injury Accreditation Scheme and has close links with Headway having been appointed as a Trustee of Headway East London in 2013.

Sarah is also a committee member for the Acquired Brain Injury Forum for London (ABIL) and is keen to raise awareness of acquired brain injury across London and the UK.

Sarah is passionate about rehabilitation and has extensive experience of securing early interim payments so that she can put rehabilitation in place for her clients to ensure that their rehabilitation can start as soon as possible.

Sarah is a Partner in the serious injury team at Irwin Mitchell. Sarah specialises in complex cases involving life changing injuries and has a particular expertise in neurotrauma; bringing claims for both adults and children who have suffered a brain injury.

She is accredited as a brain injury specialist by the APIL injury Accreditation Scheme and has close links with Headway having been appointed as a Trustee of Headway East London in 2013.

Sarah is also a committee member for the Acquired Brain Injury Forum for London (ABIL) and is keen to raise awareness of acquired brain injury across London and the UK.

Sarah is passionate about rehabilitation and has extensive experience of securing early interim payments so that she can put rehabilitation in place for her clients to ensure that their rehabilitation can start as soon as possible.

Alison became a client of Laura Mcilduff of Irwin Mitchell in November 2018 having been involved in a road traffic accident which left her with life changing injuries including an above knee amputation. Since the accident Alison has been in receipt of a comprehensive rehabilitation program funded by several interim payments secured by Irwin Mitchell which is coordinated by her case manager Abbie Udall of Abbie Udall Associates and she has a custom built prosthetic leg. 

In March 2022 a settlement award was agreed which will enable her to continue to access therapy and prosthetics, purchase any equipment and make adaptations to her home. 

Alison attained an MA in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University and a PHD in Astrophysics from Durham University before becoming a Senior Research Assistant at Durham with the Cosmology Group in 1989.  After five years her career changed direction when she started her own landscaping business Broadbent Landscapes. Unfortunately ill health forced her to close the business in 2007 and in subsequent  years she was also a full time carer for her mother. 

Alison describes herself as an obsessive gardener and now a settlement in her personal injury case has been achieved would like to travel globally and live a fulfilling life despite the challenges her injuries present. 

Chloe Hayward is the Executive Director of the United Kingdom Acquired Brain Injury Forum. Chloe helped to reinstate the All-Party Parliamentary Group in 2017 and has since worked closely with the Chair and members of the group to use every opportunity to raise awareness of acquired brain injury in Westminster. She also oversees special interest groups in criminal justice and education and works with the Community Rehabilitation Alliance and the Neurological Alliance on joint issues to improve access to services for people with acquired brain injuries. During our webinar Chloe will be talking about UKABIF’s lobbying work and the development of the governments Acquired Brain Injury Strategy.

Sarah is a Partner in the serious injury team at Irwin Mitchell. Sarah specialises in complex cases involving life changing injuries and has a particular expertise in neurotrauma; bringing claims for both adults and children who have suffered a brain injury.

She is accredited as a brain injury specialist by the APIL injury Accreditation Scheme and has close links with Headway having been appointed as a Trustee of Headway East London in 2013.

Sarah is also a committee member for the Acquired Brain Injury Forum for London (ABIL) and is keen to raise awareness of acquired brain injury across London and the UK.

Sarah is passionate about rehabilitation and has extensive experience of securing early interim payments so that she can put rehabilitation in place for her clients to ensure that their rehabilitation can start as soon as possible.

Sarah is a Partner in the serious injury team at Irwin Mitchell. Sarah specialises in complex cases involving life changing injuries and has a particular expertise in neurotrauma; bringing claims for both adults and children who have suffered a brain injury.

She is accredited as a brain injury specialist by the APIL injury Accreditation Scheme and has close links with Headway having been appointed as a Trustee of Headway East London in 2013.

Sarah is also a committee member for the Acquired Brain Injury Forum for London (ABIL) and is keen to raise awareness of acquired brain injury across London and the UK.

Sarah is passionate about rehabilitation and has extensive experience of securing early interim payments so that she can put rehabilitation in place for her clients to ensure that their rehabilitation can start as soon as possible.

Sarah is a Partner in the serious injury team at Irwin Mitchell. Sarah specialises in complex cases involving life changing injuries and has a particular expertise in neurotrauma; bringing claims for both adults and children who have suffered a brain injury.

She is accredited as a brain injury specialist by the APIL injury Accreditation Scheme and has close links with Headway having been appointed as a Trustee of Headway East London in 2013.

Sarah is also a committee member for the Acquired Brain Injury Forum for London (ABIL) and is keen to raise awareness of acquired brain injury across London and the UK.

Sarah is passionate about rehabilitation and has extensive experience of securing early interim payments so that she can put rehabilitation in place for her clients to ensure that their rehabilitation can start as soon as possible.

Ian is a Consultant in Sport, Exercise & Rehabilitation Medicine and co-founder of Remedy Healthcare.

As a doctor in the British Army for 22 years, Ian initially trained in General Practice before specialising in Rehabilitation Medicine with a special interest in Sports Medicine. His experience in rehabilitation includes several years leading the medical rehabilitation at DMRC Headley Court, leading the British Olympic Association’s Intensive Rehabilitation Unit and working as a consultant in rehabilitation for Chelsea FC and The Royal Ballet School. He was also the Chief Medical Officer for Team GB at the 2012 London Olympic Games and has worked at 5 Olympic and 2 Commonwealth Games.

Ian has successfully delivered a wide range of complex rehabilitation programmes in high performance sport, the military and civilian populations.

Sarah is a Partner in the serious injury team at Irwin Mitchell. Sarah specialises in complex cases involving life changing injuries and has a particular expertise in neurotrauma; bringing claims for both adults and children who have suffered a brain injury.

She is accredited as a brain injury specialist by the APIL injury Accreditation Scheme and has close links with Headway having been appointed as a Trustee of Headway East London in 2013.

Sarah is also a committee member for the Acquired Brain Injury Forum for London (ABIL) and is keen to raise awareness of acquired brain injury across London and the UK.

Sarah is passionate about rehabilitation and has extensive experience of securing early interim payments so that she can put rehabilitation in place for her clients to ensure that their rehabilitation can start as soon as possible.

Sarah is a Partner in the serious injury team at Irwin Mitchell. Sarah specialises in complex cases involving life changing injuries and has a particular expertise in neurotrauma; bringing claims for both adults and children who have suffered a brain injury.

She is accredited as a brain injury specialist by the APIL injury Accreditation Scheme and has close links with Headway having been appointed as a Trustee of Headway East London in 2013.

Sarah is also a committee member for the Acquired Brain Injury Forum for London (ABIL) and is keen to raise awareness of acquired brain injury across London and the UK.

Sarah is passionate about rehabilitation and has extensive experience of securing early interim payments so that she can put rehabilitation in place for her clients to ensure that their rehabilitation can start as soon as possible.

Dr Rhodri Phillip is a consultant in rheumatology and rehabilitation medicine, currently working in private healthcare. On qualifying as a consultant in 2008 he joined DMRC Headley Court (and latterly Stanford Hall) and the complex trauma team, delivering care to patients with a range of issues from multiple fractures to amputations, spinal cord and peripheral nerve injuries, and CRPS. He was the clinical lead for the service and, prior to leaving the military in early 2021, had been the Clinical Director of DMRC for three years. He also works as a rheumatologist. He helped introduce osseointegration to military amputees and was awarded an OBE for services to military rehabilitation in 2018. His focus is on providing coordinated and goal-driven, team-delivered rehabilitation and clinical care in order to maximise everyone’s chances of a return to an active and fulfilling life following injury or disease onset.

Dr Aneetha Skinner is a consultant and clinical lead for rehabilitation medicine, working at Sussex Rehab Centre in Sussex. She has over 15 years of experience in all areas of rehab medicine and this includes working with people who have complex disabilities resulting from brain injury and prosthetic rehab.

Dr Skinner is passionate about advancing equity and optimising quality of life outcomes for people with various disabilities.

Apart from her clinical work, she is actively involved in education and training in her role as a training programme director for rehab medicine for Kent, Sussex and Surrey Deanery. She co-authored the Patient safety strategy for rehab medicine and contributes to the work of the British Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Inter regional prosthetic audit group, South East Coast Clinical Senate and the Patient Safety Committee of the Royal College of Physicians.

Elizabeth is a qualified Music Therapist, Neurologic Music Therapy Fellow and MATADOC assessor.

Elizabeth holds the role of Neuro Services Lead at Chiltern and works clinically in a Level 1 rehabilitation unit and with case managed children/adults.

Elizabeth is a regular conference presenter and guest lecturer and has recently co-authored a book chapter on NMT.