Michelle has over 30 years’ experience as a Registered Nurse, specialising in the fields of spinal cord injury and case management. She has enjoyed a varied career, practicing within the NHS and care industry. The majority of her career has been spent as a Care Service Manager for Active Assistance and as a Case Manager for Spinal Injury Case Management organising (SCI) rehabilitation packages. Michelle has acquired extensive, first-class experience as a case manager, completing Immediate Needs Assessment reports and supporting clients throughout their rehab journey.

Michelle is currently a well-practiced Case Manager who has worked with a variety of diverse client caseloads, in particular those who have sustained a spinal cord injury, assisting in co-ordinating multidisciplinary teams and recommending expert input where necessary. Michelle’s case management expertise and proven ability to accurately propose complex injury care packages including, therapies and equipment and housing adaptations, transport, and vocational assistance; is drawn upon when she makes recommendations for care and aids & equipment within her expert witness work.

Throughout her career Michelle has spent a large portion of time working in the care agency setting, namely with Active Assistance and Allied Healthcare. Acting as a Case Manager for clients with catastrophic spinal cord injuries, her clinical responsibilities included completing case load management for specialised assessments, rehabilitation interventions, and complex rehabilitation of spinal cord injured adults (acute care, complete injury, incomplete injury, paraplegia and tetraplegia) regularly attending multidisciplinary meetings and working closely with the MDT team to reach a shared goal.

Michelle is an experienced and dedicated Nurse whose knowledge of Case Management processes in conjunction with her understanding of the litigation process, motivates her to write logical Part 35 Care and Aids & Equipment Reports in an effort to empower and enable individuals to reach their potential and live fulfilled lives.

With her extensive case management experience, Michelle specialises advising on construction and implementation of care packages in the community.

Michelle has been working as an Expert Witness with Fiona Johnson Ltd for over two years. During this period, she has completed a range of cases including complex spinal injuries.