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.

MemberRoleLocationAssociated Professional Body
Dr Liz BoadenSenior Research Fellow/Speech & Language TherapistLancashireRoyal College of Speech and Language Therapists
Victoria CadmanSenior Lecturer in Operating Department PracticeSouth YorkshireCollege of Operating Department Practitioners
Professor Kay CooperClinical Professor of Allied Health Professions/Associate Dean in School of Health/PhysiotherapistAberdeenChartered Society of Physiotherapy
Claire DonaldsonSpecialist/Diagnostic Radiographer/Superintendent RadiographerDundeeSociety of Radiographers
Dr Nicky EddisonAssociate Professor/Consultant Orthotist/Chair of BAPOStaffordshireBritish Association of Prosthetics and Orthotics
Marion GoodchildPublic & Patient Representative/Nurse backgroundLincolnshireN/A
Professor Beverley HardenDeputy Chief Allied Health Professions Officer/Visiting ProfessorHampshireChartered Society of Physiotherapy
Katya HermanMusic TherapistLondonBritish Association for Music Therapy
Dr Jed JerwoodAdvanced Clinical Academic Art PsychotherapistBirminghamBritish Association of Art Therapists
Louise JordanSpecialist Dietitian/AHP Lead West SuffolkWest SuffolkBritish Dietetic Association
Eleanor KeillerDramatherapist/Doctoral researcher/Research chair for British Association of DramatherapistsLondonThe British Association of Dramatherapists
Kim KirbySenior Research Fellow in Paramedic Science/Research ParamedicBristolCollege of Paramedics
Nomalanga MakhandaProfessional Lead Occupational Therapist/Deputy Chief Allied Health Professional/Chair of CAHPO BAME Strategic Advisory GroupSouth YorkshireRoyal College of Occupational Therapists
Kimberley MartinACP Podiatrist – Lead Diabetes and Hot Foot CoordinatorWiltshireRoyal College of Podiatry
Professor Jane McAdamProfessor of Leadership in Knowledge Transfer/Interim Deputy Dean/Chair of The Royal College of PodiatryGreater ManchesterRoyal College of Podiatry
Martin RhodesOrthoptic Professional Service Manager/Ophthalmology Research Lead/BIOS CAG lead for EPDCSouth YorkshireBritish and Irish Orthoptic Society
Anna SouthworthRadiotherapy Treatment Team Leader & Research SpecialistLancashireSociety of Radiographers
Jennifer MaddenConsultant Podiatrist in DiabetesBelfastRoyal College of Podiatry
Bethan DaviesSenior Lecturer & Programme Director – Osteopathy, and Osteopathy Clinical Service LeadSwanseaThe Institute of Osteopathy