Work-based projects and Fellows' learning: Cohort Six (2024)
Resources detailing the work-based projects undertaken by Cohort Six (2024) as part of the AHP Careers Fellowship Scheme. These are listed below, alphabetically by the Fellow's employing organisation.
You can also review the Booklet of Abstracts from Cohort 6.
Cohort 6 Celebration Event
Programme for Celebration Event: 3 June 2025
Prior to the Celebration Event, you can download the Participation and Learning Log which is useful to prepare your engagement and questions for the day, record reflections and actions from attending the sessions, and evidence learning for your own CPD.
Fellow's experiences
Fellows
Angela Neill
Senior Cross Sectional Radiographer, NHS Borders
Project: Developing a Radiographer led Cardiac Imaging Service
Project outputs
Katie Begg and Lee Syme
Physiotherapist and Occupational Therapist, NHS Dumfries and Galloway
Project: Mapping & streamlining Dumfries & Galloway’s rehabilitation pathway: from Acute to Community and beyond!
Project outputs
- Poster (Katie Begg) - Increasing Capacity and Throughput in Dumfries and Galloway's Community Rehab Pathway (pdf)
- Poster Transcript (Katie Begg) (pdf)
- Poster (Lee Syme) - Mapping and Streamlining Dumfries and Galloway's Rehabilitation Pathways: from Acute to Community and beyond (pdf)
- Poster Transcript (Lee Syme) (pdf)
Please contact the Fellows for more information of their referral pathway - katie.begg@nhs.scot and lee.syme@nhs.scot
Callum MacKinnon
Specialist Occupational Therapist, NHS Fife
Project: Co-producing a neurodiversity affirming approach to facilitating groups for Occupational Therapists working in mental health services
Project outputs:
- Poster - On a journey to being more inclusive and able to meet the needs of autistic people (pdf)
- Poster transcript (pdf)
- Blog - OT shares Fellowship project update to 400+ people in NHS webinar
- Recorded webinars - Autism and neurodiversity across the lifespan | Turas | Learn
Find out more about the project on my website
Lindsay McFadden and Lesley Rowe
Physiotherapist and Occupational Therapist, NHS Forth Valley
Project: Sustainability and equity of provision of sleep systems across NHS Forth Valley
Project outputs
- Sway - Project summary report (html)
- Poster - Which postural care equipment for supported lying is suitable for a loan scheme of trial items? (pdf)
- Poster transcript (pdf)
Laura Clark
Physiotherapist, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Project: Can we reduce the carbon footprint of patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder (COPD) through correction of inhaler technique and device review? A Physiotherapy Perspective
Project outputs
Heather Rodger
Assistant Practitioner, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Project: Support implementation of the Healthcare Support Worker Education & Development Framework across the Allied Health Professions HCSW workforce in NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
Project outputs
Ursula Duff
Speech and Language Therapist, NHS Lothian
Project: A co-production project with neurodivergent adults in Lothian and Fife to establish what is neuro-affirming practice from lived experience
Project outputs
Melanie Hay
Speech and Language Therapist, NHS Lothian
Project: An investigation into the barriers faced which prevent people with mental health diagnoses and Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCNs) from accessing Speech and Language Therapy
Project outputs
Nasrim Khosravinezhad
Podiatrist, NHS Lothian
Project: Exploring the potential for extending scope of Podiatry practice across the dermatology pathway
Project outputs
Joanna Ford
Speech and Language Therapist, NHS Tayside
Project: Job Planning: A Package of Support for Community AHP Teams
Project outputs
- Resource - Job Planning a package of support for AHPs (pdf)
- What is job planning? YouTube link
- The principles of job planning YouTube link
Donna Manson
Dietitian, NHS Tayside
Project: Scope, develop and co-design a growth monitoring and nutritional intervention pathway for CAMHS ADHD service in NHS Tayside
Project outputs
Jude Thain
Specialist Diabetes Remission and Weight Management Dietitian, NHS Tayside
Project: Can a low carbohydrate diet & lifestyle programme facilitate significant weight loss and weight maintenance, and improve glycaemic management for adults living with Type 2 Diabetes
Project outputs
