MEL BSc (Hons), MRCSLT, MASLTIP, HCPC. 

Certified: LSVT®, MBSIMP®, MDTP®, F.O.T.T.®

Mel is a Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist with over 25 years of experience supporting adults with acquired communication difficulties. She has extensive knowledge of aphasia, dysarthria and dysphagia. She is a certified Lee Silverman Voice Treatment clinician - an evidence-based treatment for Parkinson’s disease. 

Mel has held Clinical Lead roles within specialist neurological and neurosurgical centres and has worked in Early Supported Stroke Discharge teams . She has worked with both young people and adults affected by stroke, brain injury, brain tumours, and progressive neurological conditions. Her clinical expertise is matched by a deep commitment to person-centred care.

Mel is passionate about understanding each person as an individual and supporting them to maintain or regain what matters most in their lives.

Qualifications and Training:

  • BSc (Hons) Speech and Language Therapy

  • Member of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists

  • Health and Care Professions Council registered

  • Member of the Association of Speech and Language Therapists in Independent Practice

  • LSVT certified

  • Level 3 Fibreoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallow (FEES) competent for complex Dysphagia

  • Level 4 Videofluoroscopy Competent

  • Tracheostomy Competent

  • McNeil Dysphagia Therapy competent

  • Registered MBSIMP clinician

  • Facial Oral Tract Therapy (FOTT) certified

  • Expiratory Muscle Strength Training (EMST) competent

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