Paul Twose is a consultant therapist working within critical care at Cardiff and Vale UHB. He is also an honorary lecturer within the School of Healthcare Sciences at Cardiff University. He graduated in 2005, completed his MSc in 2013, and is now undertaking a PhD via portfolio at the University of South Wales.
Paul’s recent focus and research is on therapy workforce planning within critical care which has included multiple peer review papers exploring therapy practice within critical care, and the impact of therapy staff on service and patient level outcomes. This research has contributed to national guidance for physiotherapy workforce in critical care (Guidelines for the provision of intensive care services v2.1 and v3), and wider AHP workforce in critical care within NHS Wales,

Paul is also leading a project to improve the quality of care provided to patients with a tracheostomy, which has included the development of electronic education platforms for both acute and community environments, use of immersive technology for training, as well as the development of a patient and carer app.
Paul was recently a consultant and advanced practice level advisor to the AHP Critical Care Capability Framework, as well as holding recent roles as deputy chair of the National Rehabilitation Collaborative and critical care champion for the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Respiratory Care.