Occupational Therapy

The Occupational Therapy Service assesses how your rheumatology condition affects your daily life (i.e. your ability to carry out home or work tasks and hobbies). Our team at Chapel Allerton Hospital can provide: splints for wrist or hand pain; hand strengthening exercises; joint protection advice and alternative movement techniques; fatigue management and pacing advice; signposting to useful equipment and gadgets; ergonomic assessments and workplace support.

I have worked in Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust since 1997 and in Rheumatology for the past 20 years.

I am particularly interested in working with those experiencing joint pain during pregnancy and parents or grandparents with joint pain, caring for babies.

I have worked in Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust since 2008 and in Rheumatology since 2015.

I have a particular interest in working with patients newly diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis.

I have worked in Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust since 1995 and in Rheumatology at Chapel Allerton Hospital since 2018. I have also worked elsewhere in Rheumatology, on/off since 1989.

I am particularly interested in the management of patients with Scleroderma.

I have worked in Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust since 2019 and in Rheumatology since 2022. I support the work of the team by providing interventions for patients.

I am particularly interested in hand exercises and demonstrating the small gadgets that can make people’s lives easier.

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