Maternity & Midwifery Forum

Maternity & Midwifery Forum

Maternity & Midwifery Forum Maternity & Midwifery Forum features the latest news on developments in midwifery practice, comment and opinion from our speakers and other sector leaders as well as the latest industry product news. We also feature hours of videos recorded at our events, with in depth analysis of the issues raised and our…

Deirdre de Barra

Deirdre de Barra

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…

Nicoletta Setola

Dr Nicoletta Setola

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

Catherine Williams

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

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…

Dr Lucia Rocca-Ihenacho

Dr Lucia Rocca-Ihenacho PhD MSc RM NIHR Research Fellow and Midwifery Lecturer Centre for Maternal and Child Health Research School of Health Sciences City University London Lucia Rocca-Ihenacho studied anthropology in Italy where she also qualified as a midwife and worked in independent practice offering holistic care. In 2002 she moved to England where she…