سيد Andrew Bates

Andrew is an Occupational Therapist currently working in International and Private Care at Great Ormond Street Hospital. He works on the wards, covering most sub-specialities including Neurology, Neurosurgery, Cardiac, Respiratory/Long Term Ventilation, Oncology, Haematology, Immunology and Bone Marrow Transplant, and Intensive Care.

He is available for private outpatient work and can offer specialist seating/wheelchair assessments, upper limb assessment/intervention (e.g. standardised assessment of strength, range, tone and function, consideration of splinting/casting, evidence-based rehabilitation following brain injury, and implementation of home programme), and neurodevelopmental assessment of infants with complex needs.

He has worked in Paediatrics since qualifying as an Occupational Therapist, starting his career in a Child Development Centre in Central London. 

He later worked in Special Schools for children and young people with complex needs associated with autism and learning disability. Prior to working at GOSH, he worked at St Mary's Hospital, covering Paediatric Major Trauma, Intensive Care and Neonatal Care. Before he qualified as an Occupational Therapist, he worked for over 5 years as a Care and Support Worker across a range of services. Within this period he learnt core skills in moving and handling.