The National Maternity Safety Conference

The theme of this year’s conference is ‘Learning Together for a Safer Maternity Future’ and it will build on the overwhelming success of the previous two events. Baby Lifeline has assembled an unrivalled panel of experts from across the maternity world, with previous speakers including senior representatives from NHS England, NHS Resolution, the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, the Royal College of Midwives, MBRRACE-UK, HSIB, and many others.

The day itself will bring together delegates, speakers, and exhibitors from hundreds of organisations across the UK and further afield. In attendance will be senior decision makers from NHS trusts, frontline staff, service users, and campaigners. The aim of the conference is to facilitate collaboration and discussion between all stakeholders within maternity, and to ultimately help to achieve Baby Lifeline’s goal: the best possible outcome for every mother and baby.

• Learning from Maternity Investigations and Reports
• National Progress in Maternity Safety
• Listening to Family Voices
• Learning from Best Practice
• Promoting a Culture of Learning
• Achieving Health Equity in Maternity Care
• The Maternity Workforce
• Building a Safer Maternity System
• What Does the Future Hold for Maternity Safety?

• DR DENISE CHAFFER, Director of Safety and Learning, NHS Resolution
• PROFESSOR JACQUELINE DUNKLEY-BENT, Chief Midwifery Officer, NHS England and NHS Improvement
• MR EDDIE MORRIS, President, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
• DR BILL KIRKUP CBE, Chair, Independent Investigation into East Kent Maternity Services; Honorary President, Baby Lifeline
• PROFESSOR MARIAN KNIGHT, Professor of Maternal and Child Population Health; Senior Clinical Research Fellow, National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit & Honorary Consultant in Public Health.
• SHAUN LINTERN, Health Editor, The Sunday Times
• RUTH MAY, Chief Nursing Officer, NHS England
• DONNA OCKENDEN, Chair of The Review Of Maternity Services at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust; Honorary President, Baby Lifeline
• JESS READ, Deputy Chief Midwifery Officer, NHS England and Improvement
• PROFESSOR JAMES WALKER, Clinical Director of Maternity Investigations, Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch
• GILL WALTON, Chief Executive, The Royal College of Midwives

“…Superb informative and engaging conference with a fabulous line up of speakers and some real key take home points!”

“…I wish I had promoted this conference to more of my midwifery and obstetric colleagues because I believe that they have really missed out…”

“I found the whole day incredibly interesting, insightful and empowering. It absolutely gave me a whole range of new skills and ideas.”

Find out more about our national maternity conference in 2021.

Baby Lifeline is always keen to showcase best practice in health care, and so we invite attendees of our national conference on 22nd September 2022 to submit poster abstracts to [email protected].

Full information is available on the abstract submission form which can be viewed on the website.

Deadline for poster abstracts is by or on Monday 15th August 2022.

We are delighted to announce our Headline Sponsors for the National Maternity Safety Conference 2022 are Leigh Day and Irwin Mitchell Solicitors.

• Cardiac Services
• Central Medical Supplies
• Essity
• Irwin Mitchell Solicitors
• Leigh Day
• Limbs and Things
• MedLed
• NHS Resolution

If you would like to pay by invoice, please contact us directly on [email protected]

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Hilton Birmingham Metropole, Pendigo Way, Marston Green, United Kingdom