Penny Stuart

Hand Therapist

Contact details

Phone: 01273 696955 Ext 4116
Email: handtherapyservice@bsuh.nhs.uk

Current posts

Extended Scope Practitioner: Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, Hand Therapy Service

Qualifications

MSc Hand Therapy 2004
BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapist 1997

Experience

Penny is the service lead for the BSUH Hand Therapy Service. Penny has worked extensively within the specialist area of Hand Therapy since qualifying in 1997. She has worked throughout the UK, Scotland and abroad. Clinical experience has focused on plastic surgery and orthopaedic hand surgery patients with hand and upper limb injuries, rheumatological conditions, within the specialist areas of performing arts medicine, and the neurological impaired upper limb.

More recently one of Penny’s main achievements has been the setting up of one of the first Virtual Hand Fracture Clinics in the UK at Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust

Professional Interests

Penny thoroughly enjoys the field of hand therapy, the complexity and intricate anatomy of the upper limb and the impact that this specialist area of work can have upon people’s lives. Her aim is to maximise the resources we have available, to provide first class hand therapy of all patients with hand and upper limb conditions.

Personal Interests

Penny enjoys spending time with her partner and two young children. She likes baking cakes with her children, whilst listening to music, and loves to go for a run, especially when her daughter tags along too!