Shared Insights: Focus on maternity and neonatal safety
There is rightly considerable national focus on supporting maternity services to learn from harm in a meaningful way but with increased scrutiny can come increased pressure on staff working in maternity services.
This session will be chaired by specialist Browne Jacobson lawyers Amelia Newbold, Risk Management Lead and Sian Brown, Partner in our specialist maternity division.
We will share insights from our extensive experience of supporting maternity staff through high profile maternity inquests and complex and high-value maternity claims. We will look at how to ensure that there is accountability and openness with families in an environment which supports staff when sadly things go wrong.
We will hear from Bridget Prosser, Partner in our employment team, who will share her insights arising out of her investigatory work in maternity services.
We will also hear insights from experienced professionals working in maternity services, including:
- Sarah Noble, Director of Midwifery at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust.
- Julie Shaw, Maternity Investigations Team Leader (Midlands & East Central North) from the Maternity and Newborn Safety Investigations (MNSI).
Delegates will have the opportunity to share best practice and discuss challenges and to put questions to the panel to hear their insights.
Our speakers
Amelia Newbold
Risk Management Lead
Sian Brown
Partner
Bridget Prosser
Partner
Key contact
Nicola Evans
Partner
Nicola.Evans@brownejacobson.com
+44 (0)330 045 2962
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