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Peter Sanderson is a Consultant Neurological Physiotherapist working within both the NHS and the private sector. Peter's work within the NHS includes the delivery of a spasticity/movement disorder service at the Royal Orthopaedic Teaching Hospital in Birmingham where research is being undertaken into patient outcomes. He facilitates an upper limb service together with facial palsy clinics at St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

Within his own clinical practice Peter brought together both medics and healthcare professionals to deliver two of the most advanced spasticity services in the UK. for paediatric and adult patients. He is a Non-Medical Prescriber and takes an active interest in neuro rehabilitation and research.

Peter has a wealth of knowledge and expertise in assessing and treating adults and children with neurological impairments including Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE), acquired brain injury, hypoxic brain injury and spinal cord injuries. He delivers and facilitates programs in Juvenile Cerebral Palsy (JCP), movement disorders, spasticity management, anatomy, including cadaveric workshops and the usage of Botulinum Toxin in rehabilitation.

He is an honorary lecturer at UCLAN (University of Central Lancashire) leading on the post graduate injection therapy course. To complement this course, he has recently developed the Advancing Neurorehabilitation of the Upper Limb module also to be delivered as part of the MSc Advanced Clinical Practice or MSC Healthcare Practice.

He is a key opinion leader in the area of pharmaceuticals and sits on a number of advisory panels of the key pharmaceutical companies. Peter is a faculty member for Upper Limb Synopsis UK. His passion and vast experience in the treatment of upper and lower limb spasticity provides him with the opportunity to be regularly invited to speak at both national and international conferences sharing his experience and knowledge.