·        Registered Midwife – Nursing and Midwifery Council

·        MSc Advanced Professional Practice (Nursing and Midwifery) – University of Plymouth

·        BSc (Hons) Midwifery Practice – Staffordshire University

·        Professional Midwifery Advocate

·        Immediate Life Support Trained

·        Neonatal Life Support Trained with Instructor Potential

·        Newborn and Infant Physical Examination Practitioner

A midwifery leader with extensive experience in the intrapartum care setting in a variety of maternity units with birth rates ranging from 2000 to 8000 per year. I qualified in 2010, working in all areas of maternity services before progressing to become a labour ward coordinator in 2015. I am proficient in a wide range of clinical skills including CTG interpretation, maternity triage and enhanced maternal care.

I have a MSc in Advanced Professional Practice (Nursing and Midwifery)which included modules such as maternal critical care, mentorship and a substantive professional project. I successfully relaunched an outpatient induction of labour pathway through a local quality improvement initiative. I presented this project at a regional patient safety conference with exceptional feedback.

Alongside my clinical role, I first began to undertake perinatal incident investigations in 2015. I have been commended by external organisations for the quality of the investigation reports I produce. As such, I became a member of an independent team for reviews into maternity services into two NHS Trusts. I am recognised to be diligent and conscientious in both the clinical care I provide and the investigation reports that I write.

I have a particular interest in complex pregnancies, bereavement care, maternity triage, intrapartum care and CTG interpretation. I accept instructions from both claimant and defendant solicitors. I have undergone training in the medico-legal process, and I am aware of my responsibilities under Civil Procedure Rules pertaining to expert witnesses.

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