Meet Hannah Witherow | Home Physiotherapist in Croydon & Sutton
Meet Hannah Witherow: Bringing Expert Physiotherapy Care into the Home
Hello, My Name is Hannah Witherow
A Physiotherapist Committed to Excellence, Compassion, and Care at Home
Welcome, and thank you for taking the time to be here. My name is Hannah, and I am an experienced physiotherapist, clinical leader, and franchise owner of Home Links Physiotherapy Croydon and Sutton, providing high-quality home-based physiotherapy services across Croydon, Sutton, and Caterham.
This blog is a space where I want to share not only what I do, but why I do it — my journey, my values, and my commitment to helping people live as well as possible at every stage of life. Whether you are a patient, a family member, a referrer, or a fellow healthcare professional, I hope this gives you a sense of who I am and the care you can expect when working with me.
A Career Built on Care, Learning, and Leadership
I qualified as a physiotherapist in 2003, graduating with a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Physiotherapy from St George’s Hospital Medical School, University of London. From the very beginning of my career, I was drawn to working with people with complex needs - individuals whose rehabilitation required not only clinical skill, but time, patience, creativity, and compassion.
Over the past 22 years, I have built my career within the NHS, working across a wide range of services and settings. During this time, I have held highly specialist clinical roles, taken on leadership and operational responsibilities, and supported the development of others through mentorship and clinical education. These experiences have shaped my practice, grounding it in strong clinical reasoning, evidence-based care, and a deep respect for the individuality of every person I work with.
In 2017, I completed a Master of Science in Rehabilitation with distinction at St George’s, further strengthening my expertise and reinforcing my belief in lifelong learning. Ongoing professional development remains a cornerstone of my practice, ensuring that the care I provide reflects current evidence, best practice, and evolving patient needs.
Clinical Expertise Across Complex and Life-Changing Conditions
Throughout my career, I have worked with people experiencing both acute and long-term conditions, often during some of the most challenging periods of their lives. My clinical experience includes:
Neurological rehabilitation
Care of older adults and acute frailty
Vascular conditions and lower limb amputation rehabilitation
Optimising physical wellbeing with end-stage renal disease
Rehabilitation for people living with, and beyond cancer
Post-surgical rehabilitation, including Trauma and orthopaedic rehabilitation
End-of-life and palliative care support
I have also been actively involved in the development and review of best practice guidelines for pre- and post-amputation care and rehabilitation, contributing to the advancement of standards within physiotherapy. This work reflects my commitment not only to individual patients, but to improving care systems more broadly.
What unites all of this experience is a belief that rehabilitation is about far more than exercises or physical milestones. It is about helping people adapt, regain confidence, and rediscover meaning and enjoyment in their lives, even when circumstances are complex or outcomes uncertain.
From Hospital to Home:
A Career Shaped by Experience, Leadership, and Community Care
Over the course of 22 years working within the NHS, I have built a career grounded in both breadth and depth of experience. My time in the NHS allowed me to work across a wide range of clinical settings, supporting people with diverse and often complex needs, while also giving me the opportunity to hone highly specialist clinical skills in areas such as neurological rehabilitation, frailty, vascular and amputee rehabilitation, oncology, and end-of-life care.
Alongside my clinical practice, I progressively took on operational and leadership responsibilities, contributing to service development, multidisciplinary working, and the delivery of high-quality care within complex healthcare systems. This combination of hands-on clinical work and operational leadership has shaped the way I practise today — with a strong appreciation of both individual patient needs and the wider systems that support safe, effective, and compassionate care.
For nine years, I worked in the London boroughs of Sutton and Merton, including time working for the Royal Marsden NHS Trust, where I further refined my clinical expertise while deepening my understanding of healthcare operations, service delivery, and collaborative working across disciplines.
Over the past five years, my focus has increasingly shifted toward community-based physiotherapy, providing home-visiting services through Home Links Physiotherapy. This transition reflects both my extensive NHS experience and a growing professional belief in the value of delivering care where it can be most impactful — in people’s own homes.
Why Home-Based Physiotherapy Matters
Home-based physiotherapy allows me to:
See people in the context of their real lives
Tailor rehabilitation to their environment and daily routines
Reduce barriers to care for those who find travel difficult
Work more closely with families and carers
Provide truly individualised, person-centred support
Managing a diverse community caseload, I support people living with neurological conditions, those recovering from surgery, and individuals with complex or life-limiting illnesses. Drawing on more than two decades of NHS experience, my aim is always to combine clinical excellence with compassion — meeting people where they are and supporting them to live as well as possible, whatever stage of life or rehabilitation they are in.
Leading Home Links Physiotherapy Croydon and Sutton
Operating the Home Links Physiotherapy Croydon and Sutton franchise has given me the opportunity to combine my clinical expertise with business leadership, while staying true to my values as a healthcare professional.
At the heart of our service are four core values:
Excellence – delivering high-quality, evidence-based care and client service
Compassion – treating every individual with kindness, dignity, empathy, and respect
Collaboration – working closely with patients, families, and other professionals and community partners
Integrity – practising ethically, transparently, and responsibly
These values are not just words; they guide our daily decision-making and our approach to care.
A Patient-Centred Philosophy: More Than Just Recovery
My approach to physiotherapy is patient-centred and evidence-based, but also deeply human. I believe rehabilitation should be:
Individualised, not prescriptive
Meaningful, not purely clinical
Empowering, not overwhelming
For me, success is not only measured in physical improvement, but in confidence, independence, enjoyment, and quality of life.
Professional Standards and Ongoing Development
I am proud to be a registered member of:
Beyond Work: Curiosity, Nature, and Wellbeing
Outside of my professional life, I am passionate about wildlife and the outdoors, enjoy spending time on my allotment, and love travel and photography.
Why This Blog?
This blog is an extension of my practice. It is a place where I hope to share insights, guidance, reassurance, and reflections on the human side of healthcare.
Thank you for being here!
