Community midwife • Home births • Midwifery-led units • Safeguarding • ENS cases Registration: 00I2473E

I have 22 years' experience as a midwife working in many roles including management, teaching and all clinical areas - community, caseload, homebirth and high-risk labour and delivery. I have been trained and working as an expert witness for over 4 years, and am confident to take cases for claimant or defendant. I am experienced giving verbal evidence and conference calls with multi-disciplinary teams and other experts. I have completed more then 40 reports, currently on a 70/30 split (claimant/defendant).

I have worked many years as a midwife in the NHS, in higher education and as Head of Midwifery in several NHS Trusts. I have wide experience of working in different settings and in reviewing clinical incidents. I have the Bond Solon Cardiff University Expert Witness Certificate. All aspects of midwifery care, including: • Pregnancy • Labour • Birth & birth-related injury or trauma, including shoulder dystocia • Postnatal care • Midwifery management • Midwifery education • Undertaken 200+ cases

I practice general obstetrics & gynaecology with special interests in minimal access "keyhole" surgery (laparoscopic, hysteroscopic & endoscopic surgery) • My expertise is in benign gynaecology, which incorporates menstrual disorders such as menorrhagia (heavy periods), fibroids & endometriosis • Past Trustee for Endometriosis UK

All aspects of midwifery care • Hospital & community-based care of mothers & babies • Intrapartum & waterbirths a particular interest • Postnatal care, infant feeding & care of mothers who have had instrumental/caesarean section births an area of interest • As a qualified midwifery tutor I am able to provide expertise in areas of students or education of midwives • Knowledge of risk management & supervision of midwives • I was awarded a fellowship of the RCM in 2019

Midwifery • Antenatal care • Intrapartum & labour care • Postnatal care • High-risk obstetrics & midwifery • I have particular expertise in cerebral palsy cases & shoulder dystocia

Neonatal hypoglycaemia • Pre-eclampsia • Wrongful birth • Group B strep • Gestational diabetes • Shoulder dystocia and Erb's palsy • Premature birth • Maternal injury • Perineal injury • Hip dysplasia • Intrauterine growth retardation • Stillbirth • Genetic disorders • Maternal injury • Female circumcision

All aspects of midwifery care including: • Low- and high-risk pregnancy, labour and birth • Hospital/community-based care of women/babies • High- and low-risk intrapartum care, including midwifery-led births, antenatal and postnatal care • Hospital and community-based delivery, management and care of women who have had instrumental/Caesarean section birth, including management of perineal trauma, stillbirth and foetal loss cases Prior experience as a Head of Midwifery, Risk and Governance Manager provides competence...

Prenatal diagnosis, high-resolution fetal ultrasound & dopplers • Invasive prenatal diagnosis • Intrapartum care & high-risk obstetrics • Multiple pregnancy, including prenatal diagnosis, antenatal surveillance & intrapartum care • Antenatal screening & non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT)

Obstetrics • Intrapartum care • Antenatal care • Fetal medicine • General gynaecology

Consultant obstetrician & gynaecologist of over 10 years. Trained in different aspects of expert witness work (report writing, courtroom skills & giving evidence in cross-examination). Claimant & defendant work. Areas of expertise include: • Antenatal care, medical problems in pregnancy & management of labour • Complications of pregnancy & childbirth, including early pregnancy complications • Colposcopy & issues related to consent in obstetrics & gynaecology Secretary: Ms Rebecca Hoverd Email: [email protected] Tel:...

All areas of midwifery: inpatient, outpatient, community, low-risk, high-risk, home births, midwife-led units, obstetric-led/shared care, antenatal, intrapartum & postnatal care • Neonatal care for the first 28 days of life • Gynaecology nursing • Women's healthcare • General adult nursing CUBS (Cardiff University Bond Solon) Certified Expert Witness

A part-time practising midwife working at a busy consultant-led maternity unit. I work as part of a multidisciplinary teaching faculty for the Trust provision of monthly maternity essential training days. I am a national instructor for the Maternity Acute Illness Management (AIMS) courses and accredited with the Resuscitation Council (UK) for the facilitation of the NLS (newborn resuscitation) courses. I hold current registration/revalidation with the NMC. I am a fully accredited member of the Academy of...