Biography — Case Management Caroline Sturdy is an Occupational Therapist and Catastrophic Case Manager with over twenty years of clinical experience, specialising in the rehabilitation of adults with complex injury and long-term conditions. Her practice is centred on delivering structured, outcome-focused rehabilitation and care coordination for individuals with catastrophic and life-changing injuries. Caroline has extensive expertise across orthopaedic trauma, amputations, musculoskeletal injury, brain injury and psychological trauma, alongside conditions requiring plastic surgery and long-term medical management. She is highly experienced in designing and implementing rehabilitation packages that address both immediate recovery and long-term independence, ensuring safe, sustainable outcomes for clients. Her work spans acute rehabilitation and community settings, where she has developed particular strength in complex manual handling, specialist equipment provision, housing adaptations and rehousing. She has managed large and complex caseloads within community services, working closely with multidisciplinary teams including social workers, therapists and care providers to deliver coordinated and clinically robust care pathways. Caroline brings a strong foundation in complex assessment, discharge planning and multidisciplinary collaboration, underpinned by early career experience across stroke rehabilitation, oncology, palliative care, general medicine and elderly mental health. Her approach balances clinical, practical and social considerations, ensuring that rehabilitation plans are tailored to the individual and aligned with real-world delivery. Her leadership experience includes service development, supervision of staff and implementation of improved ways of working within rehabilitation services. Combined with her depth of clinical expertise, this enables her to manage highly complex cases with clarity and structure, supporting both clients and instructing parties through rehabilitation and long-term care planning. Specialisms Parkinson’s, MS, MND Cerebral palsy Mild head injury Brain Injury Progressive Neurological Conditions Tetraplegia & Paraplegia Multi-trauma/polytrauma Osteoarthritis/Rheumatology Amputations, lower limb Rheumatology General medical & surgical conditions Respiratory conditions Cancer diagnoses Palliative care Environmental/housing adaptations Specialist equipment provision Age Group Adults View Full Profile View Caroline Sturdy’s full Expert Witness & Case Manager profile Contact
 Contact us at enquiries@harrison.associates Biography — Expert Witness Caroline Sturdy is an Occupational Therapist and Expert Witness with over twenty years of clinical experience, bringing extensive expertise in complex physical injury, rehabilitation and long-term care planning. Her practice spans orthopaedic trauma, amputations, polytrauma, progressive neurological conditions and long-term disability, enabling her to provide detailed and clinically grounded opinions on functional need, care, equipment provision and housing requirements following life-changing injury. Caroline has significant experience working with individuals presenting with severe physical disability, multiple injuries and cognitive or psychological overlay. Her work is rooted in detailed functional assessment and the practical delivery of rehabilitation and care, including specialist equipment prescription, manual handling risk management and environmental and housing adaptations, including rehousing recommendations. She is particularly experienced in supporting individuals following serious musculoskeletal trauma and amputation, including those with associated chronic pain and psychological factors. Her career includes senior roles across inpatient rehabilitation, community services and local authority settings, where she has led on discharge planning, coordinated multidisciplinary teams and contributed to service development. In her current practice as an independent Occupational Therapist and Case Manager, she manages complex community caseloads, bringing a clear understanding of long-term care delivery within real-world settings. Fully trained in the Civil Procedure Rules, Caroline provides independent expert evidence across both claimant and defendant instructions. Her reports are objective, balanced and focused on delivering clear, reasoned opinions to assist the Court in determining present and future care, rehabilitation and functional needs. She maintains her professional standards through ongoing CPD and continued clinical practice. Specialisms Parkinson’s, MS, MND Cerebral palsy Mild head injury Brain Injury Progressive Neurological Conditions Tetraplegia & Paraplegia Multi-trauma/polytrauma Osteoarthritis/Rheumatology Amputations, lower limb Rheumatology General medical & surgical conditions Respiratory conditions Cancer diagnoses Palliative care Environmental/housing adaptations Specialist equipment provision Age Group Adults View Full Profile View Caroline Sturdy’s full Expert Witness & Case Manager profile Contact
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