Neuropsychology in our communities

Dr Ndidi Boakye is a Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist, Clinical Psychologist and Couple therapist. She is the Head of Service for Clinical Health and Neuropsychology for Croydon Health Services NHS Trust. Dr Boakye also works part time as the founder and director of The Psych Practice Limited, an independent Psychology and rehabilitation service.

Dr Ndidi Boakye completed her doctorate in Clinical Psychology at Salomons in 2008 and subsequently went on to specialised in Clinical Neuropsychology. She obtained the Qualification in Clinical Neuropsychology QiCN in 2014. She now works part time in the NHS in community neuropsychology and in independent practice providing services for children, adults, families, and organisations in multiple contexts.

Dr Boakye has a special interest in systemic approaches in long term conditions, cognitive rehabilitation, couple and family work, adjustment issues, multicultural neurorehabilitation, vocational rehabilitation, and process issues in team working. She teaches on multiple doctorate courses and is a speaker at both national and international conferences.

Dr Boakye is a Committee member for the Division of Neuropsychology (DoN), working on EDI projects within the Policy Unit.

Dr Martha Turner is a Clinical Psychologist and Neuropsychologist specialising in community-based neurorehabilitation and interdisciplinary working. She graduated in Psychology from the University of Manchester in 1997, and went on to complete a PhD in Neuropsychology (University College London, 2004), a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (University College London, 2012) and a PGDip in Clinical Neuropsychology (University of Bristol, 2017).

She has held NHS positions as Principal Neuropsychologist & Clinical Lead for the RNRU Outreach Team (a specialist community neurorehabilitation team for complex

acquired brain injury, based at the Homerton Hospital), Lead Clinical Psychologist at the Wandsworth Community Neuro Team, and Senior Clinical Psychologist at the Wolfson Neurorehabilitation Centre, St George's Hospital. In 2021 she co-founded Cognivate Rehab Ltd, an independent community neurorehabilitation service, with the aim of bringing some of the excellent interdisciplinary practice that exists in the NHS context into the private sector.

As well as her clinical practice Dr Turner has held academic positions at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, the National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery and Macquarie University Australia. She has been awarded a number of research grants and fellowships to study the neuropsychological effects of acquired brain injury, published 20 peer reviewed chapters and journal articles in the field, and spoken widely at national and international conferences. She has a keen interest in evidence-based practice and the evaluation of community-based services.

Dr Betteridge is a chartered clinical psychologist with the British Psychological Society, a member of its Division of Neuropsychology's Specialist Register of Clinical Neuropsychologists, and a registered practitioner psychologist with the U.K. Health and Care Professions Council.

Dr Betteridge has worked in various research and applied areas related to neuropsychology and neuropsychological rehabilitation. She has a keen interest in national government agendas that have an impact on the field of neuropsychological rehabilitation and participates in several working groups committed to quality improvement and excellence.

She is a specialist inspector for neuropsychology services for the Care Quality Commission, the independent regulator of health and social care in England; provides core teaching modules in neuropsychology for clinical psychology training courses; and is an oral examiner for the U.K. Qualification in Clinical Neuropsychology.

I am a Chartered Clinical Neuropsychologist and have specialised in neurorehabilitation for 20 years. I currently work part time in NHS in Hertfordshire Community Trust in the Early Supported Discharge Team for Stroke, The Enhanced Neuro Service and the Acquired Brain Injury Service.

I also work part time in the private sector. I have experience working with individuals with a range of neurological conditions in inpatient and community settings from mild to severe presentations, with a special interest in Functional Neurological Disorders.

I have been qualified for over ten years with experience in mental health, neuro-disability and now working in neurorehabilitation within Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust for past five years.

My interest in functional neurological disorder (FND) picked up quickly after noticing gap for the care and treatment for the patients with FND in HCT. I've been passionately working for developing various resources and support for this patient group and managed to start-up a specialist outpatient FND clinic in 2020 with a small multidisciplinary team.  

Recently published an editorial on FND.

In 2009, Penny founded a specialist community-based neuropsychological rehabilitation service for children with acquired brain injury, serving patients and families across the UK.

Penny is an honorary lecturer for the University of Manchester D.Clin.Psy and is the external module organiser for professional issues and neuropsychology, the latter jointly with Dr Karen Addy.

Penny is the creator of Goal Manager®, a cloud-based software programme designed to facilitate effective goal setting in rehabilitation.

Goal Manager has received a national award for innovation in brain injury rehabilitation and is now being implemented in services across the UK and the USA.

When she is not being a neuropsychologist, Penny is also a professional DJ and has used these skills to co-design a DJing for rehabilitation programme as a vehicle for helping children and adults recover from acquired brain injuries.