Claire Folan

Biography

Claire is a Chartered Physiotherapist. She graduated fromthe University of Bradford in 2000, and worked across Yorkshire and the NorthWest in a range of clinical settings. In 2006, Claire started to work incommunity care settings, and remained in the community until she joined theUniversity of Bradford in 2021 as an Assistant Professor .

Claire has a breadth of clinical experience, particularly incrisis management, intermediate care, elderly rehabilitation, falls and frailty.She held Clinical Lead roles within Intermediate Care bedded settings and aFalls Prevention Service, developing practice and policies within thesespecialities for physiotherapists and other health and social care professionals.

From 2016, Claire worked in leadership and management roles,initially as an operational Team Leader, then progressing to senior management, with strategic,quality and governance responsibility for a portfolio of multi-disciplinary/multi-professionalcommunity therapy services including Intermediate Care, Reablement, StrokeEarly Supported Discharge and Community Rehabilitation. Claire has completed an MScin Leadership, Management and Change in Health and Social Care.