Digital midwifery best practice case studies

With over 27 years working in Health and social care, Rhian is passionate about technology and the transformational role it can play to deliver positive change across health and social care, particularly with user friendly data insights at a strategic level, to deliver operational efficiencies across complex systems.

Jennifer has been a Midwife for 17 years, working in various roles both in the NHS and private sector. The majority of her career has been within the community setting, and this is where her passion for the safe use of digital systems grew and was further cemented during whilst working as a risk Midwife. Her interest in the digital Maternity roles bought her to Oxford University Hospitals Foundation Trust where she has been working as the Senior Digital Midwifery Informatics Lead for over 3 years. In this pivotal role, she leads on the digital programme within Maternity, ensuring the safe use of safe digital technologies, enabling exceptional care and excellent user experiences for both our staff and the families we support.

In addition to her role at Oxford University Hospitals, Jennifer also chairs the South East Region Digital Maternity Expert Reference Group, working with other Digital Midwives and people working within the Maternity arena, contributing insights and leadership to shape the future of digital maternity care across the region and also links in with other regional Chairs as part of the national chairs group..

Simon has worked with clinical informatics for the past 20 years and leads a team of informatics nurses, working collaboratively with clinical, technical and organisational services.

Simon is a member of the CNIO advisory panel for Digital Health, he is also on the Faculty of Clinical Informatics working groups for Professionalism, the Office of the CCIO, the FCI Nursing and Midwifery Advisory Panel, and contributed toward the What Good Looks Like Nursing Guidance, participating in the launch at Rewired in 2022.

Emma-Jane is a researcher at the University of Bradford, a member of the Health Technologies for Quality and Safety Group and The Wolfson Centre for Applied Health Research.

In her early career, she was ‘just a carer’ and proud of it! More recently, her drive and ambition sees her exploring the role of the Digital Midwife as transformational leaders driving forward the digital agenda for UK maternity services.

I am a Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Doncaster Royal Infirmary. I have a keen interest on health promotion and reducing health inequalities which led me to co-founding the Book Before Ten campaign. This campaign seeks to encourage timely antenatal care particularly in high risk groups. Its message key points are individualising the care we provide to meet the communities we serve and shared learning.