Appendix 2: Membership of the maternity standards development group

Maternity standards
Healthcare Improvement Scotland
Name 
Position: Organisation 
Isla Barton (co-chair)  
Director of Midwifery: NHS Highland  
Cheryl Clark (co-chair)  
until November 2025 
Director of Midwifery: NHS Lanarkshire  
Jacqui Laurie (co-chair)  
from November 2025 
Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist: NHS Lothian
Strategic National Clinical Lead in Obstetrics: Healthcare Improvement Scotland 
 
Maree Aldam  
Chief Executive Officer: Amma Birth Companions  
Kate Boyle  
Chair: Scottish Neonatal Nurses Group
Principal Educator: NHS Education for Scotland  
Senior Midwife for Neonatal Services: NHS Lanarkshire 
Shetty Bhushan 
Chair, Consultant Forum: National Neonatal Network Consultant Neonatal Medicine: NHS Tayside 
David Bywater  
Lead Consultant Paramedic, Interim Director for Care Quality and Professional Development: Scottish Ambulance Service  
Kirstie Campbell 
(Observer) 
Head of Maternal and Infant Health: Scottish Government  
Eilidh Clark  
Senior Pharmacist: Women’s Health - NHS Ayrshire & Arran  
Aileen Cope  
Clinical Director: NHS Forth Valley
Chair: National Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Clinical Directors Group 
Sarah Corcoran  
(Observer) 
Team Leader - Maternal and Infant Health: Scottish Government  
Gwendolyn Cremers  
Clinical Psychologist: NHS Borders  
Justine Craig  
until January 2026 
Chief Midwifery Officer: Scottish Government 
Emma Currer 
National Officer – Scotland: Royal College of Midwives Scotland   
Wendy Duffy
Senior Inspector: Healthcare Improvement Scotland  
Tara Fairley  
Consultant Obstetrician: NHS Grampian 
Rebekah Golding  
Clinical Coordinator, Senior Midwife: NHS Forth Valley  
Amanda Gotch
Consultant Midwife: NHS Grampian  
Kirsteen Guthrie 
Associate Director of Midwifery, General Manager for Women and Children Services: NHS Borders  
Clea Harmer  
Chief Executive: Sands  
Rachel Hignett  
Lead Obstetric Anaesthetist: Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh: 
NHS Lothian  
Maria Velo Higueras  
Midwifery Educator Researcher: Robert Gordon University  
Angela Jenkins  
Consultant Anaesthetist:  NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Elected Member: Scottish Board of Royal College of Anaesthetists 
Jaki Lambert   
Director: Royal College of Midwives Scotland   
Frances Lowrie  
Specialist Pharmacist: NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde  
Carsten Mandt  
Senior Programme Manager: NHS National Services Scotland  
Joanne Matthews 
Associate Director of Improvement and Safety: Healthcare Improvement Scotland 
Mairi McDermid 
Associate Chief Midwife: NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde 
Thomas McEwan  
Principal Educator - Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professionals: NHS Education for Scotland  
Alison McFadden
Professor of Mother and Infant Public Health, Co-lead Mother and Infant Research Unit: University of Dundee 
Antony Nicoll 
(Observer) 
Senior Medical Officer - Maternal and Women’s Health: Scottish Government 
Mathilde Peace  
Maternity Voices Partnership Lay Chair: ​​​​​​​NHS Lothian 
Mercedes Perez-Botella  
Director of Midwifery, Gynaecology and Neonates:  
NHS Lothian  
Alastair Philp  
Information Consultant: Public Health Scotland  
Ainharan
Raveendran  
Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist: NHS Grampian  
Stephanie Rodger-Phillips (Observer) 
Senior Policy Adviser: Scottish Government 
Pauline Smith  
Clinical Midwifery Manager: NHS Lothian  
Paula Stewart  
Registered Nurse, Registered Midwife, Infant Feeding Advisor: NHS Lothian  
Joanne Thomson  
Senior Improvement Advisor - Scottish Patient Safety Programme: Healthcare Improvement Scotland 
Jacqueline Whitaker  
Interim Deputy Director of Acute Services, Chief Midwife, Women’s and Child Health Lead: NHS Shetland  
Andrea Woolner  
Senior Clinical Lecturer: University of Aberdeen
Honorary Consultant Obstetrician and Early Pregnancy Lead:  NHS Grampian 

 

The following members of Healthcare Improvement Scotland’s standards and indicators team supported the standards development group, review and editorial panels: 

  • Lola Adewale – Programme Manager (until December 2025) 
  • Stephanie Kennedy – Administrative Officer (from December 2025) 
  • Dominika Klukowska – Administrative Officer (until December 2025) 
  • Jen Layden - Programme Manager (from December 2025) 
  • Silas McGilvary – Project Officer (from October 2024) 
  • Mary Michael – Project Officer (until November 2024) 
  • Fiona Wardell – Team Lead. 

Editorial Information

Last reviewed: 23/03/2026

Next review date: 23/03/2031

Author(s): Maternity standards development group.

Author email(s): his.standardsandindicators@nhs.scot.

Approved By: Maternity standards development group

Reviewer name(s): Maternity standards project team.