Project governance

Meet the team behind the Each Baby Counts project

Reviewers

View the list of multidisciplinary Each Baby Counts Reviewers who analyse anonymised local reviews to identify and extract themes.

Reviewers (Excel document 16kb) updated 25/04/2020

Please note: This list is updated regularly, please refer back to this page to view the most current version.

Each Baby Counts project team

Name	Organisation	Position	Project team role
Professor Zarko Alfirevic	University of Liverpool; Liverpool Women’s Hospital	Professor of Fetal and Maternal Medicine; Consultant Obstetrician	Co-Principal Investigator
Professor Alan Cameron	Southern General Hospital, Glasgow	Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist	Co-Principal Investigator
Professor Marian Knight	National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit (NPEU)	Professor of Maternal and Child Population Health	Senior Project Advisor
Professor Tim Draycott	RCOG	Vice President – Clinical Quality	Co-Investigator
Mr Benson Nwaobasi	RCOG	Each Baby Counts Project Manager	Project Manager
Dr Louise Robertson	Liverpool Women’s Hospital	ST7 at Liverpool Women's Hospital, Mersey Deanery	Co-investigator
Dr Sarah Prince	Colchester Hospital	ST6 Obstetrics & Gynaecology	Co-investigator
Dr Ed Prosser-Snelling	Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist	Quality Improvement Lead
Dr Gemma Goodyear	RCOG	Each Baby Counts Clinical Fellow	Clinical Fellow
Ms Marta Anders	RCOG	Project Support – Each Baby Counts	Project Support

Each Baby Counts Independent Advisory Group

Terms of reference

To provide overall supervision, strategic direction and governance of the activities of the programme.
To approve the main Each Baby Counts project protocol, any protocol amendments and any later changes necessitated by considerations of feasibility and practicability.
To monitor and supervise the progress of the project towards its interim and overall objectives.
To advise the Each Baby Counts Project Team on all aspects of the programme, including publicity and presentation.
To share learning from other national initiatives that is relevant and pertinent to the Each Baby Counts programme, and vice versa.

Please find below a list of the current members of the Each Baby Counts Independent Advisory Group. We would like to thank all previous members who have contributed their time to the group.

Name	Organisation	Position
Professor Neil Marlow (Chair)	University College London (UCL), Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing	Professor of Neonatal Medicine
Ms Denise Chaffer	NHS Resolution	Director of Safety and Learning
Professor Elizabeth Draper	University of Leicester; MBRRACE	Professor of Perinatal Epidemiology
Dr Grenville Fox	British Association for Perinatal Medicine (BAPM)	Consultant Neonatologist; BAPM Representative for the South of England
Ms Michelle Hemmington	RCOG Women’s Voices Involvement Panel	Patient Representative
Professor Sara Kenyon	University of Birmingham	Professor of Evidence Based Maternity Care
Mr Bertie Leigh	Hempsons Solicitors; NCEPOD	Senior Partner of Hempsons Solicitors; Chair of NCEPOD
Dr Corinne Love	Scottish Government	Senior Medical Officer, Scottish Government
Ms Nicky Lyon	NHS England Women’s Health Patient Safety Expert Group	Patient Representative
Professor Jan van der Meulen	London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)	Professor of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Health Services Research and Policy
Dr Heather Payne	Welsh Government	Senior Medical Officer for Maternal and Child Health
Ms Karen Todd	Department of Health and Social Care	Senior Policy Manager – Maternity and Neonatal
Ms Janet Scott	Sands	Research and Information Lead
Ms Heather Reid	Northern Ireland Maternal and Child Health (NIMACH)	Regional Manager
Professor Steve Thornton	Queen Mary University of London; RCOG Lindsay Stewart Centre	Vice Principal (Health) and Executive Dean; Lindsay Stewart Centre Advisor
Ms Michele Upton	NHS Improvement	Head of Maternity and Neonatal Transformation Programmes
Professor Gerry Visser	Universitair Medisch Centrum (UMC), Utrecht	Head of Obstetrics, UMC, Utrecht
Mr Alastair McKelvey	NHS England’s Specialised Women’s Services Clinical Reference Group; Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	Consultant Obstetrician and Subspecialist in Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Associate Professor in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Chairman of Local Negotiating Committee
Dr Rita Arya	Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; British Maternal & Fetal Medicine Society (BMFMS)	Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist/Labour ward lead
Ms Anita Powell	RCOG	Director, Clinical Quality
Mr Daniel Wolstenholme	RCOG	Director and Senior Programme Manager, Clinical Quality
Professor Jenny Kurinczuk	National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit (NPEU); MBBRACE	Professor of Perinatal Epidemiology; NPEU Director
Dr Nuala Lucas	Obstetric Anaesthetists Association (OAA)	OAA Honorary Secretary
Mr Gary Waltham	RCOG	Executive Director, Education, Quality & Projects
Mrs Birte Harlev-Lam	Royal College of Midwives (RCM)	Executive Director for Professional Leadership
Dr Simon J. Clarke	Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH)	Neonatal Consultant, Vice President For Policy

Contact us

If you have any questions about the Each Baby Counts project, please email eachbabycounts@rcog.org.uk or call +44 20 7772 6498.

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