Meet the Team
Leading with Care – The Team Behind SkyCare
At SkyCare Repatriation, our team is more than just highly skilled professionals – we are a dedicated group of medical experts, critical thinkers, and logistical masterminds, all working together to ensure patients receive the safest and most efficient care in the air and on the ground. From our medical directors and flight doctors to our critical care paramedics and operations coordinators, every member of the SkyCare team plays a vital role. Whether meticulously planning complex medical transfers, delivering ICU-level care at 30,000 feet, or ensuring seamless ground transport, our team is united by one mission: getting patients where they need to be, safely, smoothly, and with dignity. We take our work seriously, but we’re also a team that values collaboration, innovation, and a bit of humour along the way – because when you’re coordinating life-saving missions around the clock, teamwork and trust matter just as much as medical expertise. Meet the people who make SkyCare happen!
Dr Lee Collier - Chief Medical Officer
Lee is an experienced transport and retrieval doctor specialising in neonatal intensive care. He has undertaken many hundreds of transfers by ground ambulance, fixed wing air ambulance and commercial scheduled flights, providing full intensive care stabilisation for neonates and high dependency care for adults and paediatric patients.
Dr Peter Beaumont - Critical Care Consultant
Peter is an experienced consultant in Adult and Critical Care Transfer and Retrieval Medicine with decades of experience. Peter started as a paramedic in Canada prior to completing medical school, however most post-graduate medical training has been largely in the UK, with a CCT in anaesthetics and Critical Care issued in 2014.
Sarah Gosling - RN and HR
Lloyd Shorting - Clinical Director
Lloyd has been with the BM Group for almost 2 years now, Lloyd heads up compliance and oversees clinical oversight at BM. However Lloyd is a very experienced Paramedic, and enjoys bringing patients back to the UK from abroad.
Craig Bickers - Managing Director
I’ve spent the last 10 years building specialist medical transport services that put patients first, ensuring people receive the right care, at the right time, in the right place. I’m proud to work alongside a team of highly skilled professionals, and I constantly push us to improve, evolve, and deliver the best possible service. For me, it’s not just about running a business—it’s about helping people when they need it most and making a real difference every day.
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What our clients say.
If you are in the UK and looking for a medical repatriation company for your loved on, I could not recommend Skycare enough. I had an amazing experience dealing with Skycare on arranging medical repatriation for my Dad from London, United Kingdom all the way to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (12 hour long flight). From the first message I sent, Skycare responded fast and was very efficient on making sure all the forms and approvals were obtained quickly. Thank you so much to Craig for ensuring everything was smooth and Nurse Nav who was with my Dad during the journey back home.
Many thanks from myself and George. We were very impressed with the knowledge, care and professionalism shown from yourself and everyone involved and in particular we want to thank the medical team on the day, Lee and Tasha, for taking good care of James along the way. Please also forward our thanks to the pilots, Mark and Joe, for the smooth plane travel and landing and to Chris our ambulance driver for the considered driving all the way to Reading.
We are very happy now with the care he is receiving at Royal Berkshire Hospital and really pleased we were able to get him home safely with your excellent support and expertise from everyone involved.
Dear Craig & Ben,
I just wanted to say a huge thank you for sorting out our return home from Las Palmas today. My Dad was extremely nervous about the whole prospect of it all (as you probably picked up! 🙂 but it really was a seamless operation at every step of the way.
Mum is safely ensconced in Maidstone Hospital, and in good hands – not that she wasn’t before, but she is happy that she can communicate.
Can you please advise on which websites you would like me to add a review?
Best regards,
Pete McNair
From the very first point of contact to the final online message that my parents had been safely repatriated to the UK the service and care was second to no one. The ease of administration, itemised quotation and payment options, absolutely everything was clear, easy and worked perfectly.
Repatriation from France to the UK in “normal” times would be difficult, but during a pandemic and the constant changing rules from both countries, the COVID-19 tests and border control paperwork was all handled including the care, hospitality, comfort and professionalism nothing was too much trouble.
They made two worried octogenarians, very at ease during a very frightening time – in fact they made the whole family very at ease, right down to being able to track the full journey door to door.
If you are looking for medical repatriation to the UK I can highly recommend BM Ambulance Group.
Cannot thank the team at BM Ambulance enough for getting my Dad home from Spain. Craig/Sarah/James/Emma & Danny were all absolutely amazing. It was a huge 24 hour journey and they made Mum & Dad feel comfortable and safe the entire way. I don’t think my Dad would have made it without your help. He’s still not in the best of health but at least we have him home. We definitely could not have done this without you. Thank you all involved. Amazing people offering a fantastic service. x
BM Ambulance Service helped my son get home after he fell ill in France. They were fantastic from the start to finish. I do hope we never have to go through this again but if you are unfortunate enough to need this, I would highly recommend.
I would have given more than 5 stars if I could have. A big thank you to Craig, Sarah and John for the safe delivery of our much loved mum, mother in law, Nan and great grandmother from Spain after suffering a stroke.
Accreditations
British Business & General Aviation Association
European Business Aviation Association
Pilatus Fleet
AOC (Air operator certificate) #2480
National Business Aviation Association
