Catherine Atkinson is an occupational therapist who has predominantly worked in community neurological rehabilitation over the last 20 years, providing clinical leadership to both community and inpatient services. She is currently the Consultant Allied Health Professional (AHP) in neurological rehabilitation at the Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Her special interest is integrated care for people with long term neurological conditions to maximise independence, quality of life and maintain life roles. She is on the programme board for the NIHR research Personalised Care for people with Parkinson’s – PD-Care project and was a member of the London Neurosciences Strategic Clinical Network.

Jane has been working in Neurology for over 25 years, with a specialist interest in MS, PD and MND. She has worked with NICE on the Quality Standards Committee, the MS Trust and MS Society on the expert committee. Jane is an independent prescriber, with over 10 years experience.
Latterly Jane is Head of Practice at Apex Health Associates, a niche practice of Nurse Expert Witnesses, where she oversees the practice and acts as Nurse Consultant. Her specialist area remains Neurology has a small private practice, providing support, advice and education to patients and staff.

Jakko Brouwers is the Honorary Chair of ACPIN (Association of Chartered Physiotherapists In Neurology), where he leads the Board activities and oversees the running of the 18 regional committees with each an educational programme for local therapists. Jakko completed physiotherapy training in Heerlen (the Netherlands) in 1995 and has worked in neuro rehabilitation settings in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, England and Wales. He has been therapy lead for neurosciences in Wales and clinical service manager at the national specialist rehabilitation centre in Wales. During this time, he completed his MSc in Neuro Science Physiotherapy at Cardiff University. He later became a senior manager for performance and improvement at Cardiff and Vale University Health Board. Currently, Jakko works as clinical director and expert neurophysiotherapist at the Morrello Clinic in Wales where he continues to specialise in Stroke, Parkinson’s and ABI rehabilitation.

Alistair Church has two working roles, as a GP principal in a semi rural practice in Gwent, South Wales, and as an Associate Specialist in Neurology at the Royal Gwent Hospital. His special interest is movement disorder, particularly atypical Parkinsonism. He was a member of the guideline development group tasked with updating theNICE Parkinson’s guidelines published in 2017. He is principal investigator for a number of observational andInterventional trials for atypical parkinsonism.He is involved in the application of value based health care to the care of patients with Parkinson’s disease in Gwent.

Professor Emsley is a Consultant Neurologist, with special interest in Stroke Neurology, at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Professor of Clinical Neuroscience at Lancaster University. His research interests include cerebrovascular disease and neurovascular changes in other neurological disorders. He has a number of external clinical and academic roles. He is a chief investigator and a research supervisor, and is local principal investigator on a range of NIHR portfolio studies in stroke and neurological disorders, as well as being deputy clinical lead for the North West Coast Connected Health Cities programme.

Dr Roger Henderson was born in 1960 and raised in Whitehaven, Cumbria. He qualified as a doctor from St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London in 1985 and as a general practitioner in 1990. He decided to enter the media world in 1995, and within 2 years was the medical columnist of the Sunday Times. He now writes columns and articles for many national newspapers and magazines and appears regularly on the television, radio and internet. His books include ‘Stress Beaters; 100 Proven Ways to Manage Stress’, ‘100 ways to live to 100’, ‘Over 50 Men’s Health Check’, ‘Pregnancy for Dummies’ and ‘Dad’s Guide to Pregnancy for Dummies’. He is a popular lecturer on a wide range of health-related topics and is a senior GP based in Shropshire. He sits on a number of health advisory boards both in the UK and globally, and has developed a reputation as highly respected chairman and moderator at international health conferences around the world. In 2018 he became the UK medical director for Liva Healthcare; winner of Health IT firm of the year at the Health Investor Awards 2018, and also the Healthtech Innovators of the Year for Europe at the GHP Healthcare & Pharmaceutical Awards 2018. He is married to a doctor and has three children.