Expert Witness Profile
Southern Scotland
Areas Covered: Scotland, North East England & Cumbria
Allison Dunning
Registered General Nurse (RGN)
Spinal Cord Injury
Brain Injuries (Traumatic and Acquired)
Challenging Behaviour
Narcolepsy
Amputation
General Nursing
Orthopaedic and Limb Injury
Moving and Handling
- Moving and Handling Risk Assessor (Ongoing)
- Registered Manager - NVQ Level 4 (2007)
- A1 NVQ Assessor (2007)
- RoSPA Safer People Handling Instructor and Risk Assessor qualification (2004-2007)
- Registered General Nurse (1983)
- Royal College of Nursing (RCN)
- Spinal Cord Injury Association
- Membership Association of Spinal Cord Injury Professionals (MASCIP)
- Over 19 years’ experience as an independent Moving and Handling and Risk Assessment Consultant and assessment of need and risk to facilitate independent living, based on goal-planning models.
- Extensive knowledge of aids and equipment.
- Thorough understanding and experience of NHS, Social Service Departments and other bodies involved in rehabilitation and care services.
- Over 18 years’ experience as a Rehabilitation Manager for Major and Catastrophic Injuries at Tessa Gough Associates, specialising in brain injury, spinal and orthopaedic injuries.
- 9 years' experience as a Continuing Care and Funded Nursing Care Assessor London-Based NHS Trusts assessing patients against various criteria to determine their eligibility to have care needs funded by health authorities.
- 4 years' experience as a Care Manager at Active Assistance managing a caseload of up to 25 spinal injury patients.
- 17 years’ experience as a Nursing and Care Agency Manager/Owner.
- 15 years’ experience of general Nursing in the NHS and private sector in a variety of settings including surgery, medicine and elderly care.
- Member of the NSF project group responsible for developing the LTC (Neurological) standards (2005).
- Invited to present at the annual conference generating development of National strategies for managing 999 calls to individuals with SCI in the community (2006).
Keen interest in training and development, taking lead in most recent posts.
More recently, I have been assisting with the training and development of new expert witnesses with Tessa Gough Associates.
Keen interest in the medical legal sector, following developments and judgments.
Always seeking to improve and develop my knowledge and experience and enjoy engaging with a wide range of opportunities for continuing my professional development.
- Published articles including for Forward Magazine (SIA) and Disability Now, with a focus on Independent Living.