Biography — Case Management Dahima Smith is a Catastrophic Case Manager and Registered Nurse with over twelve years’ experience in complex neurological and high-dependency care. She specialises in adult brain injury, spinal cord injury and progressive neurological conditions, with extensive expertise in managing cases requiring ventilation, tracheostomy care, enteral feeding and complex medical oversight. Her background spans hospital and community rehabilitation, enabling her to manage the full pathway from acute discharge through to long-term community integration. Dahima is highly experienced in coordinating complex care packages, undertaking detailed clinical assessments and ensuring that rehabilitation plans are structured, sustainable and aligned with long-term needs. She works closely with multidisciplinary teams across health and social care, including therapists, medical specialists and care providers, ensuring that interventions are clinically appropriate and effectively delivered. Her leadership experience includes managing large care teams and overseeing high-cost packages, providing assurance that care delivery is consistent, safe and well-governed. Dahima’s approach is clinically rigorous and highly organised, ensuring that adult clients with life-changing injuries receive coordinated, evidence-based rehabilitation and care that supports independence, stability and quality of life. Specialisms Neurological conditions & injuries Spinal cord & peripheral nerve injury Orthopaedic & MSK injuries, conditions Vocational Rehabilitation General medical & surgical conditions Pain Conditions Sensory impairment Respiratory conditions Tracheostomy care PEG feeding Ventilation Age Group Adults Children View Full Profile View Dahima Smith’s full Expert Witness & Case Manager profile Contact
 Contact us at enquiries@harrison.associates Biography — Case Management Children Dahima Smith is a Catastrophic Case Manager with significant experience supporting children with complex neurological and developmental needs, including brain injury, cerebral palsy, epilepsy and rare genetic conditions. She brings strong expertise in managing high-dependency paediatric care, including ventilation, gastrostomy feeding and complex behavioural presentations. Her practice focuses on delivering structured, child-centred care that integrates health, education and social provision. Dahima is experienced in coordinating multidisciplinary teams around the child, ensuring that therapy, nursing care and educational support are aligned to promote development, independence and participation. She works closely with families navigating complex diagnoses, providing clear communication, reassurance and practical guidance. Her experience across a wide age range enables her to anticipate transitions and plan proactively for changing needs, ensuring continuity of care from early childhood through adolescence. Dahima ensures that paediatric care packages are robust, well-coordinated and responsive, giving families confidence that their child’s clinical, developmental and emotional needs are fully supported. Specialisms Neurological conditions & injuries Spinal cord & peripheral nerve injury Orthopaedic & MSK injuries, conditions Vocational Rehabilitation General medical & surgical conditions Pain Conditions Sensory impairment Respiratory conditions Tracheostomy care PEG feeding Ventilation Age Group Children Location Salisbury Contact
 Contact us at enquiries@harrison.associates Biography — Expert Witness Dahima Smith is a Nurse and Expert Witness with over a decade of clinical experience specialising in complex care management for individuals with spinal cord injury, acquired brain injury and severe neurological conditions. Her practice spans both adult and paediatric populations, providing a comprehensive foundation for the assessment of care, rehabilitation and long-term clinical needs. Dahima brings a highly practical and clinically grounded approach to expert evidence, informed by extensive experience coordinating complex care packages for individuals with profound physical, cognitive and behavioural needs. Her work includes detailed assessment, development of comprehensive care plans and securing funding through Integrated Care Boards, ensuring care provision is both appropriate and sustainable. She has significant expertise in managing complex neurological presentations, including epilepsy, cerebral palsy, traumatic brain injury and dementia, often alongside co-existing mental health conditions such as anxiety and depression. Her clinical experience also extends to respiratory and high-dependency care, including tracheostomy management, PEG feeding and ventilation, providing a strong foundation for assessing high-level care requirements. Dahima has demonstrated strong leadership in coordinating multidisciplinary rehabilitation, working closely with occupational therapists, physiotherapists, speech and language therapists, dieticians, medical teams and nursing staff to deliver integrated and effective care pathways. Her approach is holistic and patient-centred, ensuring that all aspects of an individual’s health, function and quality of life are considered within care and rehabilitation planning. Fully trained in the Civil Procedure Rules, Dahima provides independent expert evidence across both claimant and defendant instructions. Her reports are objective, clinically robust and focused on delivering clear, reasoned opinions to assist the Court in determining matters of care, rehabilitation and long-term clinical need in complex cases. She maintains her professional standards through ongoing CPD and active clinical engagement. Specialisms Neurological conditions & injuries Spinal cord & peripheral nerve injury Orthopaedic & MSK injuries, conditions Vocational Rehabilitation General medical & surgical conditions Pain Conditions Sensory impairment Respiratory conditions Tracheostomy care PEG feeding Ventilation Age Group Adults Children View Full Profile View Dahima Smith’s full Expert Witness & Case Manager profile Contact
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