MNSI establishes Editorial Board

MNSI has established a new Editorial Board to support the quality and consistency of its publications, strengthening its commitment to producing high-quality, accessible content that reflects its mission to improve maternity and newborn safety across England.

The Board comprises 12 professionals from across the maternity, neonatal, legal, and healthcare sectors. Members will review MNSI content before publication, offering assurance and constructive advice to help ensure outputs are clear, accurate, relevant, and accessible to a wide range of audiences.

Enhancing stakeholder collaboration

The Editorial Board will work alongside MNSI to enhance its publications by reflecting stakeholder perspectives earlier in the publishing process. This collaboration will help MNSI consider whether its publications are accessible to all audiences while upholding the integrity, accuracy, and consistency of content.

MNSI retains full editorial control but values the diverse perspectives and insights of Editorial Board members, who can recommend improvements drawing on their own expertise and audience insight.

Editorial Board members

The Board brings together expertise from across the maternity and newborn care landscape:

• Claire Murgatroyd, Former Maternity Investigator, MNSI Northwest Team (Retired)
• Claire Salgin, Neonatal Voices Partnership Lead, Bedford, Luton & Milton Keynes ICB
• Dr Julia Clark, Assistant Professor, Sands
• Dr Sagarika Ray, Consultant Neonatologist, The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
• Dr Vicky Lewis, Consultant Anaesthetist, University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust
• Farrah Pradhan, Head of Maternity Safety, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
• Kelly Buckley, Partner, Browne Jacobsen LLP
• Krissie Ferris, Manager (Healthcare Team), Deloitte
• Liane Powell, Maternity and Neonatal Independent Senior Advocate, NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin
• Nadia Permalloo, Quality and Improvement Lead, NHS England
• Samuel Todd, Lead for Professional Practice and A-EQUIP, Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust
• Sona Matharu, Programme Lead, Maternity and Neonatal Improvement Programme, Hillingdon Hospital

This initiative represents an important step forward in how MNSI collaborates with stakeholders and ensures its work continues to meet the highest standards in supporting maternity and newborn safety across the NHS in England.

Sandy Lewis, MNSI programme director, said:

"We're delighted to establish this Editorial Board, which brings together leading voices in maternity and newborn care from across England. Their expertise, spanning clinical practice, quality improvement, legal perspectives, and lived experience, will be invaluable in helping us ensure our publications are clear, accurate, and accessible to all our audiences. This is an important step in strengthening the quality and impact of our work to improve maternity and newborn safety across the NHS."