The Council

The UK Rehabilitation Council is a community of rehabilitation associations, rehabilitation providers, clients and other stakeholder groups. Our common goal is to ensure access to high quality medical and vocational rehabilitation services in the UK.

Acting as an umbrella organisation for this broad community, the Council has been established to provide a united voice on issues of importance to us. The Council seeks to coordinate the efforts of its members, in order that our combined efforts have the greatest possible impact.

We began our work in 2008 with financial support from the Department of Work and Pensions and from the Scottish Centre for Healthy Working Lives.

Council Members are drawn from a broad segment representing sectors involved in or with an interest in rehabilitation.

Members of the Council as of 1 January 2011

Governance
Catherine McLoughlin CBE	Chair
Mark Baylis	Vice Chair
Brenda Williams	Acting Chief Executive

Members & their affiliation
Stephen Aspinall	BASRaT	British Association of Sport Rehabilitators and Trainers
Tom Balchin	ARNI	The ARNI Trust
Mark Baylis	IUA	International Underwriting Association (Vice Chair)
Erin Flood	ABI	Association of British Insurers
Andrew Frank	VRA	Vocational Rehabilitation Association
Alison Hook	CCHS	Coventry Community Health Services
Kathleen Houston	SCHWL	Scottish Centre for Healthy Working Lives
Helen Merfield		Independent, formerly HCML
Victoria Morimer-Harvey	APIL	Association of Personal Injury Lawyers
Susan Murray	TUC	TUC nominee, Unite the Union
Andrew Pemberton	ArgR	Argent Rehabilitation
Joy Reymond	VRA	Vocational Rehabilitation Association
Nigel Shapcott	BCUHB	Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
Mark Sharpe	AVIVA	Aviva Insurance UK Limited
Co-optees
Olivier Carlton	FOM/SOM	Faculty and Society of Occupational Medicine
Leonie Dawson	CSP	Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
Bob Grove	CMH	The Centre for Mental Health