Sue Macdonald Midwifery Consultant and Educationalist Sue is a midwife and educationalist by background. After qualifying as a nurse at Guys hospital, she trained as a midwife. She worked as a midwife in London and in Dorset, working in all areas of maternity services. She then moved into midwifery education after completing the Advanced Diploma…
Alison Baum OBE Chief Executive Best Beginnings Alison founded Best Beginnings in 2006, a UK charity that works to reduce child health inequalities by focusing on the “window of opportunity” between preconception and a child’s third birthday, which has then gone on to reach over 3 million families over the last decade. Alison was awarded…
Duncan Fisher OBE Research, Policy and Innovation Family Initiative Duncan has 20 years’ experience in working with families and fatherhood. He was awarded an OBE from Queen Elizabeth II for his work promoting child welfare through family inclusive health & social care. Previously co-founded the Fatherhood Institute and the Travel Foundation, establishing both as sector…
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Deirdre de Barra Senior Marketing Manager Tommy’s the Baby Charity Deirdre de Barra is Head of Information at Tommy’s, the only pregnancy health charity in the UK. As well as funding more than £2m of research annually into pregnancy loss and complications, Tommy’s provides information to parents-to-be about having a healthy pregnancy. Deirdre has overseen…
Dr Nicoletta Setola PhD Assistant Professor in Architectural Technology Department of Architecture, TESIS Centre, University of Florence Nicoletta is Architect, PhD in Architectural Technology and Design (2009), Assistant Professor at the School of Architecture at University of Florence from 2016. Nicoletta’s work is on investigate the impact of healthcare architecture on human health and wellbeing. Her…
Catherine Williams Chair National Maternity Voices; NICE Fellow Catherine Williams is a founding committee member of National Maternity Voices, writes at birthandbiology.wordpress.com and most recently published in bmjonline with obstetrician Andrew Weeks. She currently holds an interim role as a local Healthwatch policy manager. She remains an active service user member of her local Maternity Voices Partnership…
Milli Hill Founder Positive Birth Movement Milli Hill is the founder of the Positive Birth Movement (PBM), a global network of nearly 400 free to attend antenatal groups. Her book, The Positive Birth Book, was published in March 2017 to wide acclaim, immediately becoming an Amazon bestseller and remaining one of the most popular books…
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