Contributors

Alison Anderson BSc (Hons) PGCE MA Ed RM MSc
Practice Development Midwife and Specialist BAC Midwife, South Tees NHS Foundation Trust, Middlesbrough, UK; Convenor, Virtual International Day of the Midwife Committee
Alison enjoyed 13 years as a secondary science teacher, specialising in biology, before retraining as a midwife through Teesside University and Darlington Memorial Hospital. Alison began her career as a midwife at South Tees NHS Foundation Trust where she became the Specialist Birth After Caesarean Midwife and then Practice Development Midwife. Alison's passions are the humanisation of childbirth and psychological safety in maternity. Alison also has a great interest in global midwifery and is convenor for the Virtual International Day of the Midwife committee and annual 24-hour virtual conference.

Jenny Brewster RM RN BSc Health Studies (OU) PGCe Higher Professional Education (Oxford Brookes University) MEd (OU)
Senior Lecturer in Midwifery, University of West London, UK
Jenny started her training as a nurse at King's College Hospital, London, in 1978 and worked on a male medical ward before moving to St Peter's hospital in Chertsey, where she completed her midwifery training. Having worked in the high-risk environment for several years, she then moved to work in a low-risk midwifery unit before being appointed as a practice development midwife at Wexham Park Hospital in Slough. This led to meeting the teaching team from the University of West London, where Jenny has now been a midwifery lecturer for 13 years. Jenny has written for leading midwifery textbooks. One of her main interests is teaching obstetric emergencies, and especially the support and resuscitation of the newborn baby.

Suzanne Britt RM FHEA ADM BA (Hons) BMedSci Midwifery (Hons) MSc Midwifery Studies PGCHE
Postgraduate Researcher, University of Nottingham, UK
After a teaching career in modern foreign languages, Sue qualified as a midwife in 2002. She has worked in all areas of midwifery practice, beginning her career at Chesterfield Royal Hospital before moving to Sherwood Forest Hospital in 2008 for a community midwifery post. In 2011, she completed her Master's degree and started a secondment as a research midwife at Nottingham University Hospital. In 2013, she moved into midwifery education, working as an Assistant Professor of Midwifery at the University of Nottingham, where she received global and local recognition for teaching. She has delivered on all areas of the curriculum, leading modules on public health, perinatal mental health, and contemporary midwifery care. Her interest and knowledge around the musculoskeletal system spans her personal and professional life, and she has qualifications in both fitness and nutrition. In 2022, she left her teaching role to start a full-time PhD at the University of Nottingham, focusing on healthcare professional response to domestic abuse.

Mel Cameron-Radford MSc BSc (Hons) RM PMA
Maternity Investigator, Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB)/Maternity and Newborn Safety Investigations Programme, UK
Mel began her midwifery career at the Royal Victoria Infirmary at Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals after graduating from Northumbria University, obtaining a first-class honours degree. She worked as a rotational midwife, intrapartum core team midwife, clinical skills facilitator and later a delivery suite coordinator at the tertiary referral centre. She trained and was appointed as a supervisor of midwives and a professional midwifery advocate. Mel worked as a lead for maternity at NHS England's North East and Cumbria Clinical Network. She studied part time to obtain her MSc in practice development. Mel worked as a lead for the implementation of continuity of carer and Better Births at Newcastle. She joined the Health Care Safety Investigation Branch in 2020 as a maternity investigator. Her key interests are advocacy, intrapartum care, maternal medicine, personalised care and choice.

James Castleman MA MD MRCOG
Consultant in Maternal and Fetal Medicine, Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust, UK
James is a consultant obstetrician at Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital, UK. He graduated with distinction from the University of Cambridge and completed foundation training in the East of England before moving home to the midlands for his obstetrics and gynaecology clinical and research training. James has subspecialty accreditation in maternal and fetal medicine from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. He has a monthly prenatal genomics clinic alongside a clinical geneticist and is part of the regional multidisciplinary team providing this service. His other interests include fetal therapy and obstetric cardiology, as well as maintaining a passion for delivering high quality intrapartum care alongside midwifery colleagues.

Claire Ford PGCap PhD FHEA PGDip RN BSc
Assistant Professor, Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK; Co-creator and Leader for Skills for Practice Website
Claire joined the teaching team at Northumbria University in 2013, having spent time working within perioperative care and completing a postgraduate diploma in midwifery. She studied for her BSc (Hons) and PG Dip at Northumbria University and won academic awards for both and the Heath Award in 2009. As an assistant professor, she teaches a range of national/international healthcare programmes and is also a joint programme leader for the MSc Nursing Programme. She has a passion for pain management, clinical skills, women's health, gynaecology, perioperative care, simulation and immersive technologies. She has published many articles and is actively involved in several research projects examining the use of media and technology to facilitate deep learning. She is the co-founder of the 'Skills for Practice' website, which was shortlisted for the Student Nursing Times Awards 2016 - Teaching Innovation of the Year.

Angela Frankland RM MSc FHEA
Senior Lecturer in Midwifery, Kingston University, London, UK
Angela trained as a nurse in 1985 at Kings College Hospital London. After qualifying, she worked as a staff nurse in paediatrics, a neonatal unit and as a nurse educator, where her passion for clinical education started. Since qualifying as midwife in 1990, she has worked various midwifery roles within the NHS, including rotational clinical posts, labour ward coordinator, working in a high-risk midwifery team and then as Practice Development Midwife, before moving in 2018 to Kingston University as a Senior Lecturer in Midwifery.

Clare Gordon RM SCPHN SN BSc (Hons) MSc (S'ton) MSc (UWL) PG Cert Academic Practice FHEA
Senior Lecturer in Midwifery; Programme Leader, Berkshire, Midwifery; University of West London, Reading, UK
Clare began her midwifery career in at the North Hampshire Hospital, becoming a qualified midwife in 2005. She practised as a registered midwife at Frimley Park Hospital, where she gained a wide range of experience before setting up a specialist weight management clinic for pregnant women. She also undertook the Specialist Community Public Health Nurse School Nurse training and was awarded an MSc in Public Health Practice from University of Southampton in 2010. She has always enjoyed learning and educating others and joined the midwifery team at the University of West London in 2013. She has subsequently been awarded an MSc with distinction in professional practice with healthcare education. She is a senior midwifery lecturer and programme lead with a specialist interest in public health, the normality of pregnancy and birth and the foundations for safe midwifery practice.

Rosalind Haddrill PhD MA BSc (Hons) PGCE RM SFHEA
Lecturer in Midwifery, Edinburgh Napier University, UK
Roz trained in Sheffield and qualified as a midwife in 2005, after previous careers as a landscape architect and lecturer. She worked clinically in a variety of midwifery roles until 2019 and has worked as a midwifery lecturer since 2010 in a number of British universities. Her PhD explored delayed access to antenatal care. Her areas of interest include women's perceptions of maternity care, gestational diabetes, postnatal care and infant feeding. Roz is currently programme leader for the Masters in Midwifery programme at Edinburgh Napier University.

Iñaki Mansilla MSc Midwifery (UWL) PGCE RM (Hons) RGN (adult)
Senior Midwifery Lecturer/Practitioner, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK
Iñaki is a dual registrant for nursing and midwifery. With almost 15 years of experience as a dedicated midwife, he embraces the transformative journey of childbirth, nurturing and empowering women and birthing people. His journey began in Spain in 1999, undertaking adult nursing training, then moved to the UK in 2006 to undertake the BSc (Hons) shortened in midwifery. Along the way, he acquired diverse skills, including complementary therapies, mentorship and advanced management of ankyloglossia. His commitment to improving birthing experiences led him to do his MSc 'Why some women changed their place of birth, from the hospital to home, when they were offered an assessment at home in early labour', a study that is currently being prepared for publication. In 2020, Iñaki became a Senior Midwifery Lecturer at the University of Hertfordshire, sharing his knowledge and inspiring future midwives. He is passionate on his role as a champion for equality, diversity, and...