2004 - 2007 - Cicely Saunders Institute - King's College London

Professor Lynne Turner-Stokes DM, FRCP
Herbert Dunhill Chair of Academic Rehabilitation, Head
of Department of Academic Rehabilitation
Lynne was educated at Oxford University, qualified in
Medicine at University College Hospital. After ten years
in general medicine and rheumatology she accredited in
Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, and took up her
consultant appointment to set up and direct the
Regional Rehabilitation Unit (RRU) at Northwick Park
Hospital. The unit provides tertiary specialist rehabilitation
services for younger adult patients with severe
complex disabilities, mainly resulting from acquired
brain injury. Lynne and her colleagues have built up a
co-ordinated network of specialist rehabilitation services
across North-West Thames. Within this network, the
RRU act as a central focus for research and training for
all professionals involved in rehabilitation, and has a
national and international reputation as a leading service
in the field of neurological rehabilitation.
Lynne was appointed the Herbert Dunhill Chair of
Rehabilitation at KCL in 2001, with a view to developing
a two-site academic department of rehabilitation
between KCL and Northwick Park. Academic Rehabilitation
joined forces with the Department of Palliative Care
and Policy in 2003. Her research interests include the
development of outcome measures, establishment of
the evidence base for effective intervention in rehabilitation,
and development of evidence-based guidelines
and integrated care-pathways to support best practice
in clinical care. She is on the editorial board of Clinical
Rehabilitation and is guest editor of the series ‘Concise
Clinical Guidelines’ for Clinical Medicine. Lynne has a
major interest in the development of NHS policy to
improve rehabilitation services in the NHS. Since 1997
she has led on the development of guidelines and
clinical standards for the British Society of Rehabilitation
Medicine. From 2002-5 she was the Deputy Chair and
Clinical Lead of the External Reference Group of the
National Service Framework (NSF) for Long Term
Conditions, and continues as advisor to the Department
of Health, providing in lead role in rehabilitation and
research towards implementation of the NSF. She is
committed to enhancing the quality of rehabilitation and
support services for patients with chronic disability and
also to championing the views of users and carers in
development of better services for the future.
Stephen Ashford MSc MCSP
Clinical Specialist in Physiotherapy
Steve qualified in Physiotherapy at Salford University
1993 and undertook a part-time MSc in Neurorehabilitation
at Brunel University between 1996 and 1998. He
was a sessional lecturer at Brunel University, while
working clinically, and undertaking a Post Graduate
Certificate in Education between 1998 and 2001. He
became course co-ordinator for the MSc in Neurorehabilitation
at Brunel University from 2001 until 2003, while
working clinically on the Regional Rehabilitation Unit,
Northwick Park Hospital. In October 2003, he moved full
time to the Regional Rehabilitation Unit, Northwick Park
Hospital to conduct research on the functional
evaluation of outcome following spasticity management
intervention. Steve is currently registered for a PhD at
King’s College London, Department of Palliative Care,
Policy and Rehabilitation. Research interests include the
evaluation and measurement of functional outcome in
the upper limb following focal interventions and this is
the focus of his PhD thesis. Other research interests
include evaluation of the effectiveness of botulinum toxin
intervention in the hemiparetic upper limb and
management of complex disability.
Stephen’s current clinical role involves co-ordinating the
outreach service from the Regional Rehabilitation Unit at
Northwick Park Hospital Harrow and the related
spasticity management service. The service provides
consulting input to professionals, patients and families in
the management of complex neurodisability including
spasticity.
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