Steve Ashton is the UK Clinical Excellence and Education Manager at Spex, responsible for developing and delivering a robust, national education programme for clinicians and wheelchair users. Based in Leeds, West Yorkshire, Steve supports education delivery across the UK, helping teams translate best practice into real-world outcomes.

Sara is a highly experienced occupational therapist with 29 years’ practice across orthopaedic, neurological, and polytrauma rehabilitation. She brings extensive clinical expertise and a holistic, client-centred approach to her work.

For the past nine years, she has been a senior associate occupational therapist with Rehabilitate Therapy Ltd, contributing to service development and projects that enhance therapy delivery models. Her career includes serving as an inaugural NHS case manager, leading to independent medico-legal work, and establishing a new occupational therapy department in Abu Dhabi.

Passionate about the profession’s future, Sara is committed to mentoring emerging therapists and advocating for occupation-based practice grounded in meaningful, client-centred goal setting.

Anna Goldsmith and Sarah Clayton are internationally recognised specialists in 24-hour postural care, with over 40 years of combined experience in therapeutic positioning, body symmetry assessment, and equipment innovation. As co-founders of Simple Stuff Works Associates Ltd and Directors of Goldsmith & Goldsmith, they lead the development of practical, evidence-informed approaches to protecting body shape across the lifespan.

Their published work, including The Mansfield Project: Postural Care at Night within a Community Setting (Goldsmith, 2000) and Biomechanics and the Prevention of Body Shape Distortion (Hill & Goldsmith, 2010), is widely cited and has influenced contemporary postural care practice. They deliver keynote teaching and consultancy internationally, including across the UK, USA, Australia, and Canada, and collaborate globally to improve access to therapeutic positioning in under-resourced settings.

Sarah also provides expert coaching for paediatric therapists through Clinical Excellence Online, supporting clinicians to embed effective body‑shape protection into everyday practice.

Karen is a skilled neuro physiotherapist, independent prescriber, and injector with advanced expertise in spasticity management. She has extensive experience supporting individuals with complex neurological conditions, Karen delivers comprehensive spasticity interventions including botulinum toxin injections, tone assessment, and tailored rehabilitation planning to maximise functional outcomes.

Karen is also a trained and accredited assessor and provider for the Mollii Suit, enabling her to incorporate cutting‑edge neuromodulation technology into personalised treatment programmes for clients with movement disorders, spasticity, and functional limitations.

Scott holds a PhD in nanoscience and is the inventor of the Sensore pressure mapping and automated pressure alert system, alongside Amber, a Registered Clinical Technologist and Lecturer in Clinical Engineering at Swansea University, with a BSc in Rehabilitation Engineering and experience in the Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Intervention Service.