Our Team - Working To Wellbeing

The multi-award-winning, Working To Wellbeing was established in 2012 by Nicola Hunter and Dr Julie Denning.

Our highly experienced team of health care practitioners have a solid understanding of the bio-occupational-psycho-social (BOPS) approach. A system designed by us and now delivered across the industry. Diverse clinical backgrounds and experience enable us to share best practice across disciplines and deliver an interdisciplinary service. It’s paramount that we meet our patients and clients needs. Our patients have praised us for our caring, empathic and sensitive manner.

Our senior leadership team have decades of combined years of experience working in partnership with large and small businesses and organisations designing and delivering effective, evidence-based clinical programmes. We’re also proud to say that our innovative services have won a number of awards and critical acclaim.

Leadership Team

Dr Julie Denning

Julie is a Chartered Health Psychologist and Chartered Member of the British Psychological Society.

Working Towards Wellbeing people are hands on health care practitioners with strong research and teaching backgrounds. We work with people to improve their health and wellbeing to support them at work or to return to work following a period of ill health.

We have over 25 years combined years experience working in partnership with large and small businesses and organisations designing and delivering effective clinical programmes using the bio-psycho-social approach. We work with health care professionals to train them to deliver the programmes to achieve excellent clinical outcomes and a cost benefit for the organisation.

Nicola Hunter

Nicola is a Chartered Physiotherapist and Chartered Member of the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health.

Nicola has significant expertise in the prevention and management of acute and chronic musculoskeletal disorders using a bio-psycho-social and ergonomic approach. Nicola has designed and implemented externally accredited education programmes on the prevention of musculoskeletal injuries and provided consultancy and training to a wide range of industrial and health care organisations.

Nicola has a MSc in Pain Management and an Advanced Certificate in Applied Ergonomics. She is an honorary clinical tutor for the University of Edinburgh MSc in Pain Management, a visiting lecturer on the The University of Birmingham Occupational Medicine MSc Programme and a tutor on the ACPOHE Occupational Health and Occupational Rehabilitation and Work Hardening Programme.

Louise Smith

Louise is the team’s Business Manager with a wealth of operational and development experience in the public, not for profit and private sector spanning over 30 years.

Louise leads on the day to day management of the business as well as close liaison with clients.

Sam Allen

Sam is our Head of Marketing, with well over a decades new business and marketing experience.

After being creatively trained, he has spent the majority of his career within the creative industries, working in design and brand agencies. He’s worked with startups and organisations big and small to create marketing plans and implement new business strategies.

His strategic approach to business development focuses on adding value to the audience experience. He leads our events programme and public speaking opportunities and works closely with our senior team on thought leadership.

The Working To Wellbeing Team

The W2W Team bring with them a wealth of experience. Our clinicians include Psychologists, Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists who have a background in working with people with long-term conditions or cancer. They are trained in working in an inter-disciplinary way, in health coaching and in vocational rehabilitation. Our administrative team support our clinicians in offering a high quality service both to our patients and our clients.