My professional background is in Occupational Therapy. I have had a wide range of clinical roles, but mostly specialised in stroke rehabilitation. I have also worked as a Head of Occupational Therapy at an NHS Trust.

My research to date has focussed on stroke rehabilitation. My studies have looked at health inequalities and equity of access to rehabilitation for non-English speakers; unintended consequences of policy and audit; implementation of tools to support rehabilitation; and experiences of stroke and brain injury survivors engaging in a remote performance arts programme.

Article

Estevao, Carolina, Taylor, Elizabeth, Jarrett, Lucinda, Fort, Joseph, Murphy, Kevin, Woods, Anthony, Crane, Nikki, Pariante, Carmine M and Jones, Fiona (2022) Brain waves : accessing creative cultural activity for people living with brain injury through and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences, ISSN (online) 2673-6861 (In Press)

Fusari, Gianpaolo, Gibbs, Ella, Hoskin, Lily, Dickens, Daniel, Leis, Melanie, Taylor, Elizabeth, Jones, Fiona and Darzi, Ara (2020) Protocol for a feasibility study of OnTrack : a digital system for upper-limb rehabilitation after stroke. BMJ Open, 10(3), e034936. ISSN (online) 2044-6055

Taylor, Elizabeth, Jones, Fiona and McKevitt, Christopher (2018) How is the audit of therapy intensity influencing rehabilitation in inpatient stroke units in the UK? An ethnographic study. BMJ Open, 8(12), ISSN (online) 2044-6055

Taylor, Elizabeth, McKevitt, Christopher and Jones, Fiona (2015) Factors shaping the delivery of acute inpatient stroke therapy : a narrative synthesis. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 47(2), pp. 107-119. ISSN (print) 1650-1977

Taylor, Elizabeth and Jones, Fiona (2014) Lost in translation: exploring therapists’ experiences of providing stroke rehabilitation across a language barrier. Disability and Rehabilitation, 36(25), pp. 2127-2135. ISSN (print) 0963-8288

Book Section

Taylor, Elizabeth (2022) Navigating transitions : liminality, ethnography and stroke rehabilitation. In: Hayre, Christopher M. , Muller, Dave J. and Hackett, Paul M. W., (eds.) Rehabilitation in practice. Singapore : Springer. pp. 145-159. ISBN 9789811683169

Conference or Workshop Item

Taylor, Elizabeth (2018) Getting the measure of therapy on stroke units. In: Working Beyond Diagnosis : Friendship, Identity and Occupations; 15 Jun 2018, Colchester, U.K.. (Unpublished)

Taylor, Elizabeth (2018) Stroke unit therapy : reading between the headlines. In: The 2018 Implementation and Improvement Science Mini Conference; 14 Jun 2018, London, U.K.. (Unpublished)

Taylor, Elizabeth (2017) Getting the measure of therapy on stroke units. In: Humanising Care, Health and Wellbeing Conference; 29-30 Jun 2017, Bournemouth, U.K.. (Unpublished)

Taylor, E, Crichton, S, Bray, B, McKevitt, C and Jones, F (2014) Variation in proportion of patients considered to require therapy and intensity provided. In: 9th UK Stroke Forum Conference; 02-04 Dec 2014, Harrogate, U.K..

Taylor, E.R., McKevitt, C. and Jones, F. (2014) Factors shaping the provision of rehabilitation therapy on stroke units : a narrative synthesis. In: 23. European Stroke Conference; 06-09 May 2014, Nice, France.

Thesis

Taylor, Elizabeth Rose (2017) Therapy on stroke units : an ethnographic study. (PhD thesis), Kings College London, uk.bl.ethos.713091.

I am Stroke Specialist Occupational Therapist on the NICE guidelines committee for stroke rehabilitation in adults.

I teach on various modules of the Occupational Therapy BSc, and lead a second year module that encourages students to examine contextual factors influencing individuals, in order to encourage them to become holistic and person-centred practitioners.