Our Team

Acting Chair: Hannah Lynes @HannahLynes former chair Bromley Maternity Voices (MVP), Coordinator of the Better Breastfeeding advocates network, NCT breastfeeding counsellor, MVP rep on South East London LMS Public Health working group

Secretary: Louise Griew, former chair South Warwickshire MSLC 2009-2013, NCT West Midlands Maternity Services User rep support, SWFT Patient Forum member, User rep on Coventry and Warwickshire LMS

Website Administrator: Cathy Brewster @MancHomebirth Acting Chair of Stockport MVP, Greater Manchester & Eastern Cheshire MVP Network co-chair and LMS board user rep, Greater Manchester Homebirth Support Group Chair

Toyin Adeyinka, Chair Lewisham MVP. I’ve been involved with the MVP ever since our hospital was threatened with a downgrade of services. I enjoy how empowering the MVPs are for women and their families.

Amneet Graham @GrahamAmneet I’m Service User Chair for Newcastle upon Tyne Maternity Voice Partnership and I’m also Chair and Founder for organisation Willow’s Rainbow Box, supporting families pregnant again after previous loss.

Sandra Guise @WNECumbriaMVP @sandra_sjp Chair West Cumbria MVP; Chair Carlise & Eden MVP; Co-chair Northeast & North Cumbria Clinical Network Maternity Engagement Group

Jenny Hamilton chair of East Kent MVP

Laura James @Jameslaja1 NCT antenatal practitioner, training lead for National Maternity Voices, former chair Bromley Maternity Voices (MVP) (2014-2017), former NMV acting chair (2018-19), former co-chair of London MVP strategic group (2018-20)

Suzanne Jarrett @MvpSouthwest Chair of Brighton and Hove MVP

Emma Johnston chair of West Sussex MVP

Mindy Noble @hantsmaternity Chair of Hampshire MSLC and NCT breastfeeding counsellor

Ruth Prentice @N_Ne_LincsMVP Chair Northern Lincolnshire Maternity Voices Partnership, Humber, Coast and Vale LMS board service user rep

Emma Taylor, Chair Reading MVP. I joined because I’m passionate about empowering women, and I believe every woman should have a pregnancy and birth she is at peace with. I love being part of the process to transform maternity services.

Catherine Williams @BerksMaternity Reading Maternity Voices (MVP) Service user member,  NCT antenatal practitioner, AIMS, NICE Fellow, Midwifery Unit Network, founding NMV acting chair

NHS England Maternity Transformation Programme link:

Lisa Ramsey @Doula_lisa Service User Voice Policy Manager – Maternity Transformation Programme NHS England, former Better Births National Stakeholder Council member 2016-2018, former User Chair Reading Maternity Voices Partnership 2015-2018

Rachel James, Service user rep Cambridge MVP, Positive Birth Movement facilitator, VBAC peer supporter Cambridge NCT contact for VBAC & caesarean birth, Director of Caesarean in Focus CIC

Rachel Plachcinski @stroppybrunette Service User Rep, Maternity Mouthpiece (North Kirklees MVP), co-lead for parent, patient and public involvement at NPEU, the government’s policy research unit for maternity and neonatal care.

Paul Webster @GingeWebster Freelance content-writer, speaker, blogger, advocate for paternal mental health

We are delighted to work with:

Maria Booker Programmes Director at Birthrights

Kate Brian, Women’s Voices Lead, Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists

Kate Brintworth, Head of Transformation, Royal College of Midwives

Jen Coates, Director of Volunteering and Bereavement Support, Sands

Kath Evans, Experience of Care Lead, Maternity, Infants, Children & Young People, NHS England

Mary Newburn, Service User Advocate, Network co-Lead – Midwifery Unit Network

Professor Lesley Page, visiting professor in midwifery King’s College London. Adjunct professor UTS and Griffith University, Australia

Rineke Schram, Consultant Obstetrician,

Florence Wilcock, Consultant Obstetrician, Kingston Hospital

Liz Wigley, Maternity Commissioning Manager, Leeds CCGs