Birthrate Plus Team

Marie Washbrook
Programme Director
The name of Marie Washbrook is synonymous with Birthrate Plus - a framework for workplace planning and strategic decision making in maternity services by which trusts can ascertain the number of midwives they need.
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Anna Dellaway
Midwifery Consultant
With over 40 years experience as both practitioner and strategic level Anna joined the team in January 2017 as Midwifery Consultant.
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Jean A Ball
Research Director
Jean has a long career in Nursing and Midwifery Management and Research and has published widely on postnatal care, quality and workforce planning issues for both nursing and midwifery...
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Cath Murray
Project Midwife
Cath Murray - Birthrate Plus Adviser who qualified in 1981 in the North West and is now lead adviser on the Ward Acuity Pilot....
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