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Lucy Fallon is the Service Development Director and has many years' experience in leading positive support teams. Lucy has over 16 years' experience working managing and coordinating residential and supported services for people with ABI, and has a MSc. in Brain Injury Rehabilitation. Lucy has a passion for developing appropriate and creative community-based support for post-injury.
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Paul Constable is the Managing Director. Paul is a nurse by background, with 30 years’ experience of working with people with ABI and other neurological conditions. Paul maintains clinical governance and is the clinical nurse lead for Ariya. Paul has a wealth of experience managing and developing high quality person-centred residential and supported living services across the UK. Paul has worked in senior management roles at specialist care providers, Voyage Care, Leonard Cheshire, Tracscare and at the Christchurch Group.
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Monika Tomlinson is our Operations Director with many years' experience managing services for individuals with complex cognitive and behavioural needs. Her genuine care of others and energy to provide the best service she can is unfaltering. Monika's positive 'can do' approach, creates the environment for both individuals we support and staff to develop their skills and potential.
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Rachel Purdy is our Quality Assurance and Training Manager. She has a wealth of experience improving quality in health and social care and is respected for her helpful and creative approach to continual quality improvement. Rachel has vast experience and knowledge around CQC inspections, working with local authorities and the development of robust Quality Management Systems, policies and procedures.
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Dr Mike Smith is a Clinical Neuropsychologist. Mike has worked in neurorehabilitation for the last 15 years. After qualifying as a clinical psychologist, he worked in a regional neurorehabilitation unit, a community rehabilitation team and also provided neuropsychological input to a stroke unit. While working for the Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust he headed a Waiting List Initiative team that successfully reduced the waiting time for neuropsychology assessment.
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Since 2009 he has worked in private practice providing neuropsychological rehabilitation for brain injury survivors in the community, and very occasionally undertaking medicolegal assessments. Mike's work is peer supervised by a Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist.
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Dr David Todd is a Clinical Neuropsychologist. Whilst on his final specialist placement in his clinical psychology training in 2007, Dave met and was supervised by Dr Mike Smith, at the Neurological Rehabilitation Unit in Preston. Dave went on to complete his Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Lancaster University in 2008. Following his qualification as a clinical psychologist, he has worked within the NHS, charitable and private sectors, before joining Mike and his colleagues at Smith Consultancy Limited in 2012.
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In 2012, Dave also completed his Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Neuropsychology at Glasgow University. Dave is interested in contributing to publications and research on psychological approaches within neurological settings, for example, in 2014, he co-edited a book on 'Narrative approaches to brain injury'.
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Chris Short is Ariya's dynamic and personable Occupational Therapist (OT). Appreciated for his person-focused, creative sessions and his ability to make rehabilitation meaningful and engaging. Chris previously worked for Headway Rotherham, and supported over 100 affected families in the Rotherham area. He completed a two year post-grad Diploma in Brain Injury Rehabilitation Studies before qualifying with an MSc OT in 2012. Since qualifying Chris has worked in both private and NHS positions including three and a half years with JSP Sheffield and NCMUK.
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Leah Bryson has worked in various roles for Ariya Neurocare since 2020, and after qualifying as an Occupational Therapist in 2025, took on the role of Occupational Therapist within the Ariya team. Leah supports individuals to become as independent as they can, in a way that is meaningful to them, utilising a blend of physical rehabilitation and community elements. Occupational Therapy at Ariya Neurocare is extremely varied and personalised to the individuals we support, and Leah enjoys that she is able to do incredibly meaningful work with individuals and their families.
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Becky Teasdale qualified with a BSc in Occupational Therapy in 2022 and has NHS experience working as a Community Occupational Therapist and Therapy Assistant within acute stroke and neurological wards. She is particularly passionate about supporting people to regain a sense of belonging, autonomy, and empowerment through meaningful activity. Alongside her clinical experience, Becky has completed further training in upper limb rehabilitation, Bobath, splinting, and electrical stimulation.
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Rebecca Bancroft is a Bobath-trained neurological specialist rehabilitation physiotherapist with over 25 years’ experience. She specialises in treatment of complex polytrauma, brain injury and spinal cord injured clients and other neurological rehabilitation. She enjoys utilising a combination of treatments including FES, hydrotherapy, splinting, vestibular rehab and hands on treatment to ensure clients achieve their goals.
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Helen Johnson qualified as a physiotherapist over 23 years ago and has experience of rehabilitation with neurological, musculoskeletal and respiratory clients. Having worked at Queens Medical Centre for many years, she gained great experience with treating polytrauma clients which means she thinks out of the box and work around all the aspects of the individual needs. Helen thrives on this challenge. Helen is highly motivated and looks to encourage her clients to challenge themselves in what they would like to achieve.
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Since qualifying in 2009, Laura Andrew has worked in a variety of settings across the NHS including neurorehabilitation inpatient and outpatient services, community rehabilitation team, post covid service and intellectual disabilities. Laura's experience has given her skills in neurorehabilitation, vestibular rehab, postural management and fatigue management. The variety in experience gives Laura the opportunity to provide a holistic approach to rehabilitation.
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Lucy Kissack qualified as a physiotherapist in 2017, starting her career in musculoskeletal physiotherapy. She soon gained interest in neurological rehabilitation and the challenges of this specialism. She has now been working with acquired brain injury for over 6 years and enjoys setting goals with her clients and working hard to achieve their potential. Lucy has a keen interest in Pilates and uses this within her practice treating neurological clients; working on their core proximal control which is so important in the rehabilitation and management of these clients.
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Nicola Havenhand qualified in 1999 from the University of Manchester. Since then, she has gained over 25 years of extensive experience in the field of neurological physiotherapy. In the primary setting she worked in the hyper-acute, acute and rehabilitation settings. She has also held the role of Clinical Specialist in stroke at the Royal Hallamshire. Nicola has many years of experience working in community settings both in residential units and within client's homes. Nicola enjoys the challenge of working with complex clients who are presenting with polytrauma and acquired brain injury.
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After qualifying as a Speech and Language Therapist in 2012, Eleanor Johns gained ten years of experience within the NHS, working in the acute, outpatient and community pathways. She specialised in stroke/neuro rehabilitation, developing her passion for supporting people to rebuild their communication skills. She also obtained her advanced certificate in dysphagia (swallowing difficulties). Eleanor loves working closely with clients, their families and other professionals, delivering evidence-based therapy and working towards personalised goals.
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Julia Houghton graduated as a qualified Speech and Language Therapist in 2003. She has had experience working with an adult neurology caseload across acute, rehabilitation and out-patient services. She later completed her post graduate dysphagia training and also started to develop an interest in the field of voice disorders, going on to specialise in this area as well as brain injury rehabilitation. Julia is passionate about working as part of a team, delivering evidence based and client-centred rehabilitation, enabling service users to achieve their goals.
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Rachel Widdows obtained a master’s degree in Speech and Language Therapy in 2010. She gained experience working with children and adults in the NHS, including working in a community neuro rehabilitation setting, which sparked an interest in neuro rehabilitation. She has since continued to work in this field, working with adults with communication disorders resulting from brain injury for over 10 years, such as aphasia, dysarthria, apraxia of speech, cognitive communication disorders, as well as swallowing difficulties.
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She aims to take a holistic approach to supporting people in reaching their goals, and loves to celebrate all wins, big or small.
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Ariya Neuro Care was set up in response to the lack of specialist proactive community provision for those with an acquired brain injury. Ariya understands the need for specialist support workers who are equipped to respond to the complexities of cognitive, physical and emotional needs that can arise from neurological conditions.
The founders of Ariya Neuro Care, sought to develop a level of service delivery that recognised the people we support as each having skills and potential. We recognise that each person's life is unique and extraordinary and so the support they and their relatives require has to be bespoke. We understand that and acquired brain injury has a massive impact on the individual's whole life and social network, and so through inclusion and creative teamwork Ariya seeks to bring out the best in people and support the family through their life changes.
We aim to run the Ariya Neuro Care with integrity, a strong ethical basis and employ staff that uphold our principles of honesty, kindness and positivity.
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