Events and subjects I talk about

I’ve been honoured to speak (and answer questions) at events for institutions including:

Royal Society of Medicine

British Association of Perinatal Medicine

British Maternal & Fetal Medicine Society

A range of NHS foetal, neonatal and midwifery networks and departments

Medical conferences, charities, government departments and schools

Subjects explored in The First Breath which I am happy to speak about (in no particular order):

  • Having a child with a disability / special needs
  • Mothers’ emotions in NICU / foetal medicine unit and maternal mental health, especially mothers of disabled or sick children
  • The long-term impact of neonatal care on the child and family / life after NICU / post traumatic stress and the neurodevelopmental impact on the child
  • Being a foetal medicine patient / having a high-risk pregnancy
  • The neonatal unit experience
  • Having a child with a genetic condition, and the diagnosis experience
  • Parents’ experience of paediatric surgery
  • Having a child with a congenital heart defect / the experience of open heart surgery for families
  • The history of foetal, neonatal and paediatric medicine
  • The patient / doctor relationship
  • Noonan syndrome and the rasopathies
  • Additional needs of the NICU graduate (such as autism, ADHD, dyspraxia)
  • How staff working in perinatal care can help and support families