Jim Thornton, University of Nottingham.
Katherine Hales, Association of Radical Midwives
Prof Mary Renfew, School of Health Sciences, University of Dundee
Prof Hannah Dahlen, Western Sydney University
Margret Jowit, Association of Radical Midwives
Prof Soo Downe, University Central Lancashire
Associate Prof Lindsay Gillman, Kingston University
Nicky Grace, Association of Radical Midwives
Octavia Wiseman, Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust
Jane Forman, Kingston University
Nicky Grace, Association of Radical Midwives
Prof Deborah Davis, ACT Government Health Directorate and University of
Canberra
Anna-Marie Madeley, University of Bedfordshire
Debbie Chippington, Association for Improvements in the Maternity
Services
Dr Lorna Lawther, Queens University Belfast
Dr Ethel Burns, Oxford Brookes University
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