Our team
We’re a small core team, who guarantee to look after you and your requirements every step of the way.
Byron McGuinness
Managing Director
With over 30 years’ experience of medical education, as well as being former Deputy Lead for Clinical Consultation Skills at Manchester Medical School, Byron is often the initial contact for all our clients. He assists with your training and assessment needs, and helps develop effective and engaging teaching sessions. He also delivers communication skills training for health care professionals and trainers involved in delivering consultation Skills sessions on behalf of Health Education England, the NHS, NHSBT and others.
Joanne McGuinness
Finance Director
With extensive experience in finance, event management and customer-focused roles, Joanne manages all aspects of finance. This includes handling accounts payable/receivable, payroll and invoicing, as well as liaising with all client finance departments and suppliers.
Ian Townsend
Deputy Manager
Ian co-manages our work with a variety of clients, including the General Medical Council, Leicester Pharmacy and Ulan Medical School. He develops and writes scripts, including forum theatre and team building scenarios, and likes to keep us all in check in the office. Ian is also an award-winning playwright, director, and producer.
Mark Jones
Management Assistant / Supervisor
Mark co-manages our work with the General Medical Council and with various Medical Schools. He leads the facilitation team at assessments, manages bookings for teaching sessions and OSCEs/exams for clients across the North West, and attends emendation and calibration sessions. Mark is also a vastly experienced role-player, actor, and director,
Jill Myers
Administrator
Jill provides administrative support wherever it is required, working with our Finance Director, supporting our clients across the UK, and ensuring the role players have everything they need for each job. An experienced actor, role-player and voiceover artist, Jill is also an Associate of the Institute of Qualified Private Secretaries.
Samuel Thompson
Client and Partnership Manager / Administrator
Sam works alongside the team on various client bookings, as well as overseeing the role players at the General Medical Council. His current role sees him actively seeking new clients, as well as being our Marketing Manager. Sam is an actor and BSL communication support worker with many years’ experience as a role-player.
What our clients say
A Clients
Recommendation
Medical Role Players have been providing our Communication Skills (OSCE) patient actors for many years now. Joanne and Byron have always been a pleasure to work with and are very reliable and prompt in responding to my emails. The actors have always been very professional, punctual and friendly and have done a tremendous job of roleplaying, providing a very real experience for our candidates. I would not hesitate in recommending Medical Role Players.
Sophie Donovan
Deputy Head of Examinations
The Royal College of Ophthalmologists
Our Clients
Who we've worked with
We have been working with Medical Role Players (UK) Ltd for about five years now and have found the simulation workshop time with actors to be one of the most important formative experiences that our students reflect on.
We have found that the actors are highly skilled in embodying the clinical scenarios we create and have great flexibility, making subtle adjustments in the moment. As our relationship has developed, we have built in workshop exercises developed by the actors where the aim is to build confidence in clinical simulation.
Dr Mark Roy
PhD CPsychol(DHP), AFBPsS, HCPC Registered Psychologist, FHEA
School of Psychology UCLAN
Medical Role Players source high quality and well-prepared role players and their facilitators oversee performances throughout the day with efficiency and a keen eye. The team are friendly, approachable, and always ready to help.
Richard Hankins
Head of Assessment
General Medical Council
I have been using Medical Role Players for many years. The actors are professional and well-briefed. We ask them to depict common mental health problems and they do this well, treating the subject matter respectfully. They all actively request feedback to make sure they are portraying conditions accurately.
On the administration side there have never been any problems. I always get a same-day response to any enquiries and when I have needed to arrange extra sessions at short notice, this has always been possible.
Sedrhat Momen
Consultant Psychiatrist,
Northampton Urgent Care
and Assessment Team
What are clients say