Personal injury • Psychiatric consequences of road traffic accidents • Psychiatric consequences of work-related accidents • Work-related stress • Psychiatric aspects of stress • Psychiatric aspects of assault • Depression • Bipolar disorder • Anxiety • Post-traumatic stress disorder • Schizophrenia • Adult psychiatry • Liaison psychiatry • Perinatal psychiatry • Psychiatric disorders of pregnancy • Postnatal psychiatric disorders • Postnatal depression • Safeguarding children • Psychiatric aspects of childcare proceedings • Psychiatric condition...

Psychiatric disorders • Post-traumatic stress & other related disorders • Depressive disorders • Anxiety disorders • Psychotic disorders • Alcohol & drug misuse • Personal injury assessments • Risk assessment • Child care parent assessments • Equality Act assessments • Medical negligence • Capacity assessments • Consultant Psychiatrist, Dorset Healthcare NHS Trust (Medical Director 2000-2015) • Registrar, Royal College of Psychiatrists 2010-2015 • Chair, South West Clinical Network in Mental Health (2015-2017) • Visiting Professor, Bournemouth...

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).

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

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

Depression • Anxiety • Stress management • Psychosexual problems • Relationship problems • Post-traumatic stress disorder • Work-related problems • Psychiatric nursing issues, including forensic psychiatry

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...

General adult psychiatry • All kinds of mental disorder • Experienced in psychopharmacology • Drugs used in the treatment of mental disorders • Mood disorders • Manic depressive illness • Bipolar mood disorder and depression • Psychosis • Somali mental health • Medical negligence and personal injury • Assessing parental mental health Additional e-mail address: [email protected]

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

All adult general psychiatry 16-65 age group • Subspecialty: post-partum psychiatric disorders • Bonding difficulties • Adult psychiatric assessments of mothers in care proceedings with social services • Personal injury • Injury, somatization, road traffic accidents, PTSD, psychiatric negligence • Some forensic experience (not homicide) • Asylum seekers • Forensic psychiatry, including prison assessments • Immigration cases • Psychiatric aspects of crime

Psychiatric reports for persons detained in secure conditions • Gender-specific (especially female) psychiatric issues • Reports for Mental Health Review Tribunals • Mental Health Act 1983 assessments • Psychiatric reports in criminal & civil cases • Assessment of: fire-setting behaviour, homicide cases, insanity, fitness to plead, sexual offending, violent offending • Assessment for: claims for sexual abuse, child custody cases, testamentary capacity