Our
podiatry team
Pamela Martin Director
BSc (Hons) Podiatry, MSc Sports Medicine
Member of the Society of Chiropodists & Podiatrists
After qualifying from Queen Margaret University in 2000, Pamela continued her interest in sports injuries and biomechanics by obtaining an MSc in Sports Medicine from Glasgow University in 2001. Following on from establishing Instep Podiatry in 2004, she combines both clinical work and management duties and continues to develop and support the practitioners.
Clinical hours; Monday (Broxburn), Tuesday/Wednesday (Livingston), & Friday (Uphall).
Clare Edie Associate
BSc (Hons) Podiatry
Member of the Society of Chiropodists & Podiatrists
After qualifying from Glasgow Caledonian University, Clare joined Instep Podiatry in 2007 and works at our Whitburn branch. Along with routine podiatric care, Clare has a keen interest in biomechanics, sports injuries and orthotics. Clare is also responsible for our contracts with Selex Gallileo and Whitdale Nursing home and is also the main contact for our contract work.
Hours; Monday-Friday (Whitburn)
Helen Darlington Associate
BSc (Hons) Podiatry
Member of the Society of Chiropodists & Podiatrists
After qualifying with a 1st Class Honours Degree from Queen Margaret University, Helen joined us in 2015 as our main podiatrist at our Broxburn clinic. Along with routine foot care, Helen also has a keen interest in biomechanics, sports injuries and orthotics. She also works at our Livingston clinic using our larger clinics for biomechanical assessment. Helen is also trained in foot/ankle mobilisation and manipulation and verrua needling.
Clinical Hours; Tuesday & Friday (Broxburn), Wednesday (Livingston), Monday & Thursday (Uphall).
Danise Veitch Associate
BSc (Hons) Podiatry
Member of the Society of Chiropodists & Podiatrists
Danise joined us in 2011 where she treats the majority of our patients at the Livingston clinic. Her interests are in general podiatric care, wound care and nail surgery. She also attends to our domiciliary visits in the Livingston area.
Tuesday (Domiciliary visits), Thursday & Friday (Livingston)
Denise Baynham Associate
BSc Podiatry
Member of the Society of Chiropodists & Podiatrists
Denise graduated from Queen Margaret University with a BSc in Podiatry and has gained 21 years of experience working in the NHS as a podiatrist throughout Edinburgh and West Lothian. Following a career break to Australia for her husband’s work, Denise returned to clinical practice and studied at the Southern General Hospital, Glasgow. Denise was keen to develop her skills further in private practice and joined us in August last year and we are pleased that she has now taken on additional hours within our Broxburn & Uphall clinics.
Wednesday & Saturday (Broxburn), Tuesday (Uphall)
Beth Elm Associate
BSc (Hons) Podiatry
Member of the Society of Chiropodists & Podiatrists
Beth graduated from Queen Margaret University College in 2016 with a 1st Class Honours Degree and is now currently undertaking an MSc in Podiatry. She joins us from Shuropody where she has been working for the past year at their Edinburgh branch. Beth has a wide range of interests within podiatry especially musculoskeletal assessment and treatment. Beth works at our Broxburn & Uphall clinics and manages our contract with Edinburgh Airport and attends to our domiciliary visits in the Broxburn/Uphall area.
Monday (Broxburn), Wednesday (Uphall), Thursday (Broxburn) & Friday (Contract)
Megan Leckie Associate
BSc (Hons) Podiatry
Member of the Society of Chiropodists & Podiatrists
After completing her degree in Podiatry at Queen Margaret University in 2017, Megan joined the NHS and works for clinics within Edinburgh and West Lothian. She has gained a great deal of experience in wound care and currently manages our contract with Mitsubishi Electric and attends to our domicilary visits in the Livingston/Broxburn/Winchburgh areas.
Wednesday (Contract/domiciliary visits)
Kyle Shaw Associate
BSc (Hons) Podiatry
Member of the Society of Chiropodists & Podiatrists
Following his degree in Human Biology, Kyle went on to complete his Podiatry degree and graduated in 2018 from Queen Margaret University. Having also previously completed an HNC in Health, Fitness & Exercise, Kyle is has a keen interest in sports and exercise and how this applies to the field of podiatry. Kyle works at our Uphall, Livingston and Whitburn clinics and attends to our domiciliary visits in the Broxburn/Uphall/Livingston areas.
Monday (Uphall/Livingston), Wednesday (Whitburn), Thursday (Contract/domiciliary visits), Friday (domiciliary visits), Saturday (Uphall fornightly clinics)
Our reception team
We are very fortunate to have an attentive reception team to answer our calls and attend to any questions or requests from our patients.
Lynne has worked with us since we opened our first clinic in Broxburn in 2004, and Christine joined the team in 2014 to help with the volume of calls.
Both our receptionists work part time to share the duties. If you do not receive an answer on our telephone, please leave us a message and we will return your call. All of our individual clinic telephone numbers are diverted to one main number and we can see all messages on our online portal to ensure we do not miss your message.