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Professor Lesley Page

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Curriculum Vitae

LESLEY ANN PAGE

PhD MSc BA RN RM Fellow Royal College of Midwives ( Honorary)

E mail: [email protected]

Summary

My work has integrated practice, leadership, policy development and academic work at national and local levels. I

have lived and worked in the UK and in Canada. I have served on three national committees in the UK, including The

Expert Maternity Group (Department of Health, 1993), The House of Commons Health Select Committee (Review of

the Maternity Services, 2003) and The Inquiry into the Safety of the Maternity Services (The King’s Fund, 2007-

2008). I was also Deputy Chairman of the English National Board for Nursing Midwifery and Health Care (1993-

1999).

I was appointed Professor of Midwifery in 1992, the first such appointment in the UK (see Page, 2009). My main

academic interests have been in the development and evaluation of One-to-One Midwifery, using evidence in practice

and evaluation of place of birth. My book ‘The New Midwifery: Science and Sensitivity in Practice’ has been

influential to midwives around the world, and has been translated into French and Japanese.

While in British Columbia Canada in the 1980s, I helped establish the first legally recognised midwifery service in the

health service and returned for a year in 2000 to help establish the midwifery programme at the University of British

Columbia and the Department of Midwifery at the Children’s and Women’s Health Centre of British Columbia and St

Paul’s Vancouver. I have worked and lectured in 13 different countries. I have enjoyed a special relationship with

Australia where I lectured for the first time in 1986, and where I studied for and was awarded the degree of Doctor of

Philosophy in 2005 by University of Technology Sydney.

I have lectured and been visiting professor /scholar internationally over many years and in many different countries.

I was made Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Midwives in 2007 in recognition of my considerable

contribution to the profession. I am a member of the Board of the RCM.

I am actively involved in clinical practice and have practised in every area of practice including hospital, community,

birth centre and home.

My professional activities have focused on developing a form of midwifery that provides effective and sensitive care

for mothers and their babies and the communities in which they live. At the core of this work has been an awareness

of the fundamental significance of pregnancy and birth and the early weeks of family life for individuals, families,

communities and ultimately for the society in which we live.

mailto:[email protected]


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PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

2008

2007

Expert Witness Certificate Cardiff Law School University of Cardiff Wales

Honorary Fellow Royal College of Midwives - (conferred in recognition of my outstanding

contribution to midwifery)

2005 Doctor of Philosophy – University of Technology Sydney Australia

2008 Registered Midwife BC Canada

1994 Registered Midwife/Teacher

1994 Supervisor of Midwives – North Thames, L.S.A

1988 Supervisor of Midwives – Oxford L.S.A.

1978 Master of Science – University of Edinburgh, Scotland

1978 Registered Nurse Teacher – Scotland

1977 Registered Nurse – British Columbia, Canada

1977 Bachelor of Arts –The Open University, Great Britain

1966 State Certified Midwife – Simpson Memorial Maternity Pavilion,

Edinburgh, Scotland

1965 State Registered Nurse – Hammersmith Hospital School of Nursing, London,

England. Presented with the Jubilee Award for Nursing. Midwifery and

Nursing registration PIN Number: 65Y0687E (Expiry 03/07).


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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2010- Section Leader Midwifery 405 (Clinical Clerkship) University of British Columbia, Canada

Midwifery Programme Spring term

2009- Consultant Pascal Metrics

2007-08 Advisor to the King’s Fund Investigation into the safety of the maternity

services in England (part-time)

2007- Clinical attachment Oxford Radcliffe NHS Trust Oxford Chipping Norton Maternity

Service

2010-2011 Visiting Professor – University of Sydney

2006- Visiting Professor – University of Technology Sydney Australia

2004- Visiting Professor – Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery

King’s College London

2003-06 Head of Midwifery and Nursing – Women’s Health Services Guys

and St Thomas’ NHS Hospital Trust

2002-03 Head of Midwifery and Maternity Services – The Royal Free NHS Trust

2001 Research Associate – National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, Oxford

2000-01 Head, Department of Midwifery and Program Director – Children’s & Women’s Health

Centre and Director, Department of Midwifery Providence Health Care (St. Paul’s)

Clinical Professor – Department of Family Practice, University of British Columbia

2000 Acting Head of Midwifery – Queen Charlotte’s & Hammersmith Hospital

1995-98 Visiting Professor – Institute of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Royal Postgraduate Medical School,

Hammersmith Hospital, London

1994-2000 The Queen Charlotte’s Professor of Midwifery Practice

1986-92 Director of Midwifery Services – John Radcliffe Maternity Services, Oxford

1980-86 Head of Continuing Education and Midwife low risk project - Grace Hospital, British

Columbia, Canada

1984-86 Clinical Instructor – University of British Columbia School of Medicine

1979-80 Lecturer – University of British Columbia School of Nursing, Canada

1978 Lecturer in Nursing – North Lothian College of Nursing and Midwifery, Edinburgh, Scotland

1972-77 Relief nurse and community work- Mills Memorial Hospital, Terrace, British Columbia,

Canada


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1968-72 Ward Sister – Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, Scotland

1967-68 Night Sister – The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Scotland

1966-67 Staff Nurse – St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, England

1965 Staff Nurse – Hammersmith Hospital, London, England

CURRENT AND RECENT APPOINTMENTS

2007 Expert advisor to the King’s Fund national enquiry into the safety of the maternity

services in England

2004 Medical Advisor – Baby Centre.co.uk

2003 Lecturer - Institute of Advanced Nursing Hong Kong Health Authority

2003 Specialist Advisor to the House of Commons Health Select Committee Sub

Committee on the Maternity Services

2000 Visiting International Expert. Midwifery Doctoral Programme, University of Technology,

Sydney, Australia

1999 Visiting International Expert Midwifery Doctoral Programme – University of

Technology Sydney, Australia

1999 Visiting Lecturer – Future birth. Tour of Australia – ACE Graphics

1998- Member of the Centre for Evidence based Medicine University of Oxford

1998 Visiting Professor – University of Iceland

1997 Visiting Scholar – Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

1996 Visiting Scientist – Tokishima University, Japan

1995 Visiting Scholar – Otago Polytechnic, Dunedin, New Zealand

1995 Visiting Scholar – National Institute of Nursing Research, Adelaide Australia

1993-99 Deputy Chairman – English National Board for Nursing, Midwifery & Health Visiting.

Appointed by Secretary of State

1992-93 Member Government’s Expert Maternity Group. Appointed by the Secretary of State for

Health

1986-87 Joint President – Midwives Association of British Columbia


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EXTERNAL ACADEMIC WORK

2011 External examiner Masters Thesis University of Technology Sydney

2009 External Examiner PhD University of Technology Sydney

2008 External Examiner PhD University of Huddersfield

2008

2007

2006

External Examiner PhD Sheffield Hallam University

External Examiner PhD Sheffield Hallam University

External Examiner PhD University of Wales

2005 External Examiner PhD University of Technology Sydney

2003-04 External Examiner PhD University of Sheffield

2001 Developed curriculum for University of British Columbia Midwifery Program, together

with Elaine Carty for School of Medicine

2000 Vice Chair Scientific Committee, The Humanization of Birth Conference, Fortaleza, Brazil

2006 University of Technology, Sydney, Australia. Doctor of Midwifery

1999 Review of the Ontario Midwifery Degree Programme, report prepared together with Diony

Young for the Three Universities and the Provincial Government

1999 External Examiner PhD University of Leeds, UK

1999 External Examiner PhD University of Surrey, UK

1998 External Examiner Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. MSc by Research

1998 External Examiner PhD Newcastle University, Australia

1997 External Examiner PhD Queen’s University, Belfast

1997 External Examiner College of Midwives, British Columbia, Canada

(for registration as midwives)

1997 External Examiner University of Technology, Sydney, Australia. MN Candidate

1996 External Examiner PhD University of Technology, Sydney, Australia

1994 External Examiner MPhil University of York

1993 Personal Chair Promotion Committee, University of East Anglia

1993-94 Chair of Midwifery Studies appointment committee, University of Leeds

1990-93 International Confederation of Midwives Scientific Committee


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EDITORIAL BOARDS etc

2011 - Deputy Editor Women and Birth Journal

2000 New Zealand College of Midwives Journal

1990- Critical reviewer for Evidence-Based Obstetrics & Gynaecology

1998 Critical reviewer for NHS Wales Maternity Carer Health Bulletins

1996-97 Expert Midwife, Your Complete Guide to Pregnancy & Birth. Journal of Evaluation in

Clinical Practice

Pregnancy & Birth, Board of Advisors

Journal of Advanced Nursing.

Reviewer for Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. Journal of the Royal College of

Obstetricians & Gynaecologists, London

Learned member Journal of Clinical Evaluative Science, Blackwell Scientific Publications

Ltd

Scientific Advisory Group Nursing Focus, Windrow & Green (evaluation of healthcare

research)

Nurse Researcher, Nursing Standard

Until 1995 Modern Midwife, Hayward Medical Communications

MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANISATIONS

2011 -

Member Board of the Royal College of Midwives

2009-2011 President Maternity and Newborn Forum Council, Royal Society of Medicine

2005- Council Member Maternity and Newborn Forum Council, Royal Society of Medicine

2004- Fellow of The Royal Society of Medicine

2002- Patron Doulas of Homerton Prison

2001-2008 Associate Membership Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada

2000- Associate Membership Midwives Association of British Columbia

2000- Member Midwives Association of British Columbia

1999- Member of the Centre for Evidence Based Medicine University of Oxford

1993-2000 Member Association of Community Based Maternity Care


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1992-2000 Member National Conference of University Professors

1986- Fellow Royal College of Midwives (Honorary since 2007)

1986- Member Association of Radical Midwives

1977-87 Registered Nurses Association British Columbia

POLICY DEVELOPMENT

2010 Met with senior Ministers and members of parliament in Hungary

At invitation of groups supporting home birth and release of Agnes Gereb

Purpose to discuss home birth and regulation of midwifery. Extensive media work.

2008 Critical reader midwifery quality of care report Department of Health

2003 Advisor to the House of Commons Select Committee review of the maternity services

1993 Member Expert Maternity Committee DH ‘Changing Childbirth’

1991 Nuffield Institute for Health Service Management, University of Leeds, participated in a

small “think tank” to find a way of reorganising maternity services in order to integrate the

ideas underlying “team midwifery” through entire maternity services.

1991 Expert Midwife a presentation to the Ministry of Health in the preparation of their evidence

for the Commons Select Committee Maternity Services at Whitehall, London1991).

1991 Gave evidence as part of the official Royal College of Midwives delegation to the Health

Services Select Committee on the Maternity Services in the House of Commons

1988 Invited to talk about the implementation of midwifery (including the development of an

educational programme for midwives) by the Ministry of Health, British Columbia, Victoria,

Canada

1987 Team Midwifery a presentation to William Waldegrave, Secretary of State for Health

RESEARCH FUNDING

2005 £20,000 Page, Coyle Initiation of baby friendly initiative GSTT Charitable

Foundation

2005 £60,000 Mulhair, Loyd, Page and Poston GSTT Charitable Foundation Evaluation of panti

liners for diagnosis of ruptured membranes.

2003 £162,000 Page L, McDonald M, Sandall J GSTT Charitable Foundation caseload midwifery

for deprived populations.


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2002 $36,223 Janssen P, Lee S, Page L, Klein M, Liston R, Saxell L (UBC) Canadian Institutes of

Health Research. Planned Home Birth by Regulated Midwives vs. Planned Hospital

Birth;Safety and Cost Effectiveness.

1998 £5,000 The Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust Clinical Audit Committee. Continuing

evaluation of One-to-One care: clinical audit practice

1998 £19,000 The West London Consortium. Evaluation of the use of Health Care Assistant

Services to support breast feeding in the community

1998 £3,000 King’s Fund Stimulus Grant. Qualitative analysis of women’s responses to two

models of maternity care, following particularly on the experiences and views of women

from minority ethnic groups

1997 £40,000 Johnson & Johnson to continue evaluation of One-to-One care

1996 £43,000 Johnson & Johnson to continue evaluation of One-to-One care

1995 £4,200 to start studies of the effect of immersion in water for labour and birth, Thames

Valley University, London

1995 £28,000 from Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith Health Gain

1995 £16,000.00 from Hammersmith Hospital Clinical Audit Committee

1994 £25,000 from Kings Fund. Responses of women to One-to-One Care

1994 £16,000 from Hammersmith Hospital Clinical Audit Committee. Comparison of clinical

standards in One-to-One care

1994 £20,000 from the North West Thames Regional Health Authority to fund the evaluation of

One-to-One Care and related research

1994 £75,000 from Johnson & Johnson for evaluation of One-to-One Midwifery Practice

1994 £6,000 from Thames Valley University research fund. Women’s responses to One-to-One

care

1994 £6,000 Aspects of the evaluation of One-to-One care. From the Queen Charlotte’s

Midwives Research Fund

1993 £1,000 for clinical audit in the One-to-One project. From the Chief Nurse’s Quality

Assurance initiative fund

1993 £30,000.00 Start-up funding for the evaluation of One-to-One care. From the North West

Thames Regional Health Authority

1992-93 £6,000.00 Revenue raised from conferences research in the One-to-One project

PAPERS & PRESENTATIONS (since 2000)

2011 June Speaker on maternity care in labour and childbirth, Frere Maternity Hospital, East London,

South Africa


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Nov Speaker on Home, Hospital and Midwife Led at First Ferring National Midwives Forum

London

2010 Feb Speaker on Evidence on Normal Birth at Primal Health Conference, Las Palmas

Speaker at Stoke Mandeville Maternity Services Open Day on ‘Magic and Evidence in

Practice.’

Speaker Oxford international women’s festival for WI on maternal mortality.

March Speaker and collaborator for Pascal Metrics Ltd at Safety of Maternity Service through UK

Conference, Luton and Dunstable.

Oct Keynote speaker at Association of Radical Midwives National Conference ‘Building bridges

moving mountains’ on Birth Politics: mother and baby are well, Staffordshire.

Oct Speaker London Feminist Conference on Reproductive Health Issues

Nov Opening Speaker at Semmelweis Conference on Maternity Services, Academy of Science

Budapest, Hungary.

2009 Keynote speaker Royal Women’s Hospital Sydney and UTS

Supporting normal birth

Workshop leader Royal Women’s Hospital Sydney

Keynote speaker UTS –Barraba NSW Supporting normal birth

Nov Speaker Use of Ultrasound in labour at RCOG Senior Staff Conference

Nov Speaker Supporting Normal Birth, Kent Doulas

2008 Speaker in the Speakers House /House of Commons

for King’s Fund dinner and reception on the safety of the maternity services.

Lecture Masters Health Sciences seminar Evidence on home birth KCl, Jan.

Speaker LSA meeting of Midwifery officers

King’s Fund report Safe Birth: Everybody’s Business

Keynote speaker Supporting Normal Birth A national conference at the

Rikshospitalet Oslo Norway.

Speaker at LSA National Conference topic ‘Safe Births: Everybody’s business? An

independent inquiry into the safety of maternity services in England’

Opinion Leader at King’s College London on Normal Birth Matters: development

and field testing of a training package for maternity staff to improve support for

women to have a normal birth


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Speaker for King’s Fund on Healthcare professionals’ views about safety in

maternity services

2007

May Keynote speaker Providing holistic midwifery care at Midwives Saving Lives Together

UCLAN

Keynote speaker nurses day celebration Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Trust The future of

Nursing and Midwifery

Publication of Kings Fund Report Safe Birth: Everybody’s Business. Briefing Conference

King’s Fund London.

July Speaker at Misjudging Asylum, Rape and Detention meeting at the House of Commons

Sept Speaker at forum There’s No Place Like Home: Birth at Home organised by the Royal

Society of Medicine

Oct Speaker at conference Home Birth: Ask the Experts at the Chichester Home Birth

Organisation in Oxford

Oct Speaker at study day Looking Back Before Moving Forward at the University of Salford

Nov Speaker at conference Excellence in Gynaecological Care at the Royal College of Obstetricians

and Gynaecologists

2006

May Keynote speaker Swiss Midwives Congress Montreaux Switzerland

May Keynote speaker Birthlight conference Cambridge

2005

Keynote speaker NCT national conference on normal birth

Keynote speaker MIDIRS conference on caseload practice-summary.

Distinguished lecture King’s College London ‘working with women in childbirth’ to mark my

appointment as visiting professor.

Keynote speaker 2nd

international congress on the humanization of birth Rio De Janeiro

Brazil

2004

Speaker at national conference on caseload practice UTS Australia.

Graduation address Faculty of health, Nursing and Midwifery and of Engineering September

UTS Sydney Australia.

Keynote speaker LSA national conference Nottingham

2003

Keynote speaker RCOG Supporting Normal Birth


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Keynote speaker International conference of perinatal care Japan One-to-One

Keynote speaker Midwifery Hong Kong Health Authority Lecturer on Midwifery

Keynote speaker RCOG Labour ward management course –keynote speaker

Keynote speaker Student midwives annual conference keynote speaker The House of

Commons Report on the Maternity Services

RCM AGM Building a better birth environment Fringe Lecture for the NCT

NCT Making normal birth a reality panel presentation

2002

June NCT Annual Conference Keynote speaker Building for a Better Birth

2001

Page LA (2001) Keynote speaker: Low Risk Birth Conference, McMaster University,

Ontario. Home Births.

BCRCP – Partners in Prenatal Care “Meeting the needs of Socially and Economically

Deprived Women”.

MABC AGM Workshop on Evidence-Based Midwifery

Celebration The Netherlands –Guest Speaker –One-to-One Midwifery

National Caesarean section Consensus Conference presented Ellen Hodnett’s work on

reduction of caesarean sections

2000

National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, The Growth of Human Love and

Commitment

National Health Service Executive. Birth Centre Conference

AIMS. One-to-One midwifery

The Wellcome Trust Witness Seminar. Participant keynote speaker.

Keynote Speaker. International Midwifery Conference, Bournemouth University.

Page LA, (2000) Human Resources for the Maternity Services in Western Europe, North

America, Brazil. Keynote address to the Conference on the Humanization of Birth in

Fortaleza, Brazil for the International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Page LA (2000) Closing speech; keynote address to the Conference on the Humanization of

Birth in Fortaleza, Brazil for the International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

PUBLICATIONS

Articles in refereed journals


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Page, LA (2011) The State of the World and Modern Midwifery. Women and Birth Editorial.24,139-

140.

Page, LA (2011) The joy of the late life baby. Essentially Midirs. 2 (8): 17-21

Page LA, (2010) Book Review of Childbirth: Midwifery and concepts of time by Christine McCourt

(2009) in Anthropology in Action, 17, 1.

Page L (2009) Professing Midwifery. Evidence Based Midwifery. 7(1):4-7.

Janssen P, Saxell L, Page L, Klein M, Liston R, Lee S (2009) Outcomes of planned home birth with

registered midwife versus hospital birth with midwife or physician. Canadian Medical Association

Journal. 181 (6-7) 377-383.

Smith A H K, Dixon A L, Page L A (2009) Health-care professionals’ views about safety in maternity

services: a qualitative study. Midwifery. 25:1;21-31.

Page L, Smith A (2008) The road to safer care. Practising Midwife.

Page L (2008) Letter to rapid responses BMJ.

Page L (2008) Do we have enough evidence to judge midwife led units safe? BMJ. 335:642.

Page LA (2006) An ideal birth environment? The right facilities and support for women. British

Journal of Midwifery. 14(1)46

Page LA (2005) Summary of the day. Midirs. How to carry a caseload without breaking

your back resource pack. Supplement 2,S22

Page LA (2004)Birthwrite. Caring for pregnant asylum seekers. British Journal of

Midwifery.12(11)686.

Page LA(2004)Birthwrite. The independent midwife. British Journal of Midwifery.12(6)360

Page LA (2004) Birthwrite. Caesarean Sections NICE Guidelines. British Journal of

Midwifery.12(2) 76

Page LA (2003)Birthwrite. Developing a home for Midwives British Journal of Midwifery.

11(9)534

Page LA (2003) Birthwrite. When Normal Birth is in the Minority. British Journal of

Midwifery. 11(6) 356

Page LA (2003) BirthWrite BJM. Shaping the Future of the Maternity Services. British Journal

of Midwifery. 11(3) 134.

Page LA (2002) Birthwrite: A Christmas Wish List. British Journal of Midwifery. 10 (12)734.

Page LA (2002) Birthwrite: Putting the humanity back into maternity. British Journal of

Midwifery. 10(6)346.


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Page LA (2002) Editorial: Building for a Better Birth. British Journal of Midwifery. 10(9).536

Page LA, (2002) Birthwrite:The Stormy seas of change. British Journal of Midwifery. 10(3)

143.

Page LA, (2003). One-to-One midwifery restoring the “with woman” relationship in midwifery.

Journal of Midwifery and Women’s Health.48 (2).

Page LA (2001) The humanization of birth. International Journal of Obstetrics and

Gynaecology.75(suppl1) 55-58.

Page LA (2001) Human Resources for maternity care:the present system in Brazil,Japan,North

America, Western Europe and New Zealand. International Journal of Obstetrics and

Gynaecology.(75) Supplement 1.S81-88.

Page LA, Beake S, Vail A, McCourt C, Hewison J (2001) Clinical Outcomes of One-to-One

Midwifery Practice. British Journal of Midwifery. 9(11),700-706

Page LA., (2001) Commentary on “Perineal Trauma in Childbirth is Reduced by Perineal

Massage…” Evidence-based Obstetrics & Gynaecology 3(1) 14-15

Page LA, (2001) All is not well with Maternity Services, British Journal of Midwifery 9(6)

353

Page LA., (2001) Home Birth in B.C. British Journal of Midwifery. 9(2) 86

Page LA., Sandall, J., (2000) The third way: A realistic plan to reinvent the profession. British

Journal of Midwifery 8(11):673

Page LA (2000) British Columbia here we come. British Journal of Midwifery 8(8):482

Page LA (2000) Celebrating Midwifery. British Journal of Midwifery 8(5):270

Page LA (2000) Midwifery for the New Millenium. British Journal of Midwifery.

Page LA (1999) A one-to-one with Alan Milburn. British Journal of Midwifery 7(11):676.

Page L (1999) Diclofenac was an effective analgesic after perineal injury sustained during

childbirth. Evidence-based Obstetrics & Gynecology (1999) 1, 84

Page L (1999) Midwives make a difference. British Journal of Midwifery 7(8): 490

Page L (1999) Caesarean birth: the kindest cut? British Journal of Midwifery 7(5):296

Page L (1999) Act now to save the midwife. British Journal of Midwifery 7(2):90

Page L (1999) The Future of Midwifery Practice. Journal of the Association of Chartered

Physiotherapists in Women’s Health (84): 22-25


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Page L (1999) The benefits of the known and trusted midwife. British Journal of Midwifery

6(11):731

Page L, McCourt C, Beake S, Hewison J, Vail A (1999) Clinical interventions and outcomes of

One-to-One midwifery practice. Journal of Public Health Medicine 21(3):243-248

Page L (1998) Evidence based practice or trial by newspaper? British Journal of Midwifery

6(8):497

Page L (1998) Planned home births are no less safe than planned hospital births for low-risk

women. Evidence-Based Health Policy & Management 2(2):40

Page LA (1998) Monitoring the fetal heart in labour: stop and think. British Journal of

Midwifery 6(5):303

McCourt C, Page LA, Hewison, J, Vail, A (1998) Evaluation of One-to-One Midwifery:

Women’s Responses to Care. Birth 25(2):73-80

Beake S, Page LA, McCourt C, Vail A (1998) The use of clinical audit in evaluating maternity

services reform: a critical reflection. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 4(1):75-83

Page LA (1997) Misplaced Values: in fear of excellence (Editorial). British Journal of

Midwifery 5(11):652

Page LA (1997) Evidence-based Practice in Midwifery: a virtual revolution. Journal of Clinical

Effectiveness 2(1):10-13

Page LA, Phillips J, Drife J (1997) Changing Childbirth, Changing Clinical Decisions. British

Journal of Midwifery 5(4):203-206

Page LA (1996) The Backlash Against Evidence-based Care. Guest Editorial. Birth

23(4):191-192

Page LA (1995) One-to-One Midwifery Practice: A Vision Evaluated. Professional Care of

Mother and Child 5(6):146-147

Page LA (1995) Change and Power in Midwifery. Birth 22(4):227-231

Page L, Thomas M (1995) The English National Board. British Journal of Midwifery

3(4):217-219

Page LA (1995) Changes in Childbirth. Journal of Maternal & Child Health 20(4):142-144

(20th Anniversary Series)

Page LA, Kitzinger S (1995) A Midwifery perspective on the use of water in labour and birth.

Journal of Maternal & Child Health 20(1):2-26

Hewison J, Page LA (1994) Monitoring the wellbeing of the fetus during labour, Implications

for midwives of the RCOG recommendations. MIDIRS DIGEST 4(1):53-54

Page LA, Jones B, Cooke P, Harding M, Stevens T, and Wilkins R (1994) One-to-One

Midwifery Practice British Journal of Midwifery 2(9):444-447

Page LA (1993) "Changing Childbirth". Modern Midwife 3(6):28-29


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Page LA (1993) Changing Childbirth: A renewal of the maternity services (Editorial). British

Journal of Midwifery 1(4):157

Page LA (1993) Redefining the midwives role: Changes needed in practice. British Journal of

Midwifery 1(1):21-24

Page LA (1992) Choice, Control and Continuity: The Three C's. Modern Midwife 2(4):8-9

Houston MJ & Weatherston LA (1986) Creating change in midwifery: Integrating theory and

practice through research based groups. Midwifery 2: 65-70

Weatherston LA (1981) Bridging the gap: liaison between nursing education and nursing

service. Journal of Advanced Nursing 6:147-152

Weatherston LA (1979) Theory of nursing: creating effective care. Journal of Advanced

Nursing, 4:365-375

National Policy Documents

Kings Fund London (2008) Safe Births: Everybody’s Business. King’s Fund London.

Professional advisor

Page LA, Dunlop W (1997) Preface - Learning Together: Multiprofessional education in

Maternity Care. Good Practice Guide. NHS Executive

Lilford R/Page L Nominated and shortlisted for the communications award, BUPA, Patients

Association and Royal Medical Colleges.

Audit Committee Working Group (1995). Report of the Audit Committees Working

Group on Communication Standards Obstetrics. R.C.O.G. London.

Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (1994) Recommendations arising from

the 26th

R.C.O.G. Study Group Intrapartum Fetal Surveillance, R.C.O.G. London

Expert Maternity Group (1993) Changing Childbirth: Part 1 Report of the Expert

Maternity Group. Department of Health. HMSO, London. (Cumberlege Report).

An organisational framework for making the most of Midwifery Services. Nuffield

Institute of Health, University of Leeds, Leeds.

Ball JA, Flint C, Page LA Garvey M, Jackson-Baker A (1992) Who's Left Holding the

Baby?

South East Thames Regional Health Authority (1992). Maternity services of the future

consensus statement. S.E.T.R.H.A. Nursing and Quality Directorate.

Books


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Page LA and McCandlish R (eds) (2006 ) The New Midwifery: Science and Sensitivity in Practice

second edition. Churchill Livingstone Edinburgh/Elsevier Oxford.

Page LA (ed) 2000 The New Midwifery: Science and Sensitivity in Practice. Churchill Livingstone,

London. Published in Japan 2003 Published in France 2005.

Page L (ed) (1995) Effective Group Practice in Midwifery: Working with Women. Blackwell

Science, Oxford. Published in Japan 1998

Page LA (1992) Personal Growth. Leadership, appraisal and reflective practice. Distance

Learning Centre, South Bank Polytechnic.

Reports

Beake S, McCourt C, PageL,(2001) Evaluation of One-to-One Midwifery. Second Cohort Study.

The Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust and Thames Valley University.

Page L, McCourt C (1996) Report on the Evaluation of One-to-One Midwifery Practice. The Centre

for Midwifery Practice, Thames Valley University.

Chapters

Page, LA (2011) Giving Normal Birth the Best Chance. In: Promoting Normal Birth:

Research, Reflections and Guidelines ed Sylvie Donna. Fresh Heart Publishing.

Page L, Charles C (2009) The Aftermath of error and harm. In: Hurwitz B and Sheik A (eds)

Health Care Errors and Patient Safety. Blackwell,Oxford.

Page LA (2009) Woman centred midwife friendly care. In: Fraser D, Cooper M (eds) Myles

Textbook for Midwives 15e. Elsevier, Scotland.

Page L, Sandall J, Homer C (2008) Why continuity of care-what is the evidence? In: Homer C

et al (eds)Midwifery Continuity of Care: A practical Guide. Elsevier, Australia.

Page LA (2008) Being a midwife to midwifery: transforming midwifery services. In: Fourier

M, Fahy K, Hastie C (eds) Birth Territory and Midwifery Guardianship. Elsevier,

Scotland.

Page LA, Corkett, McCandlish R (2006)Evidence –based midwifery: finding appraising and

applying evidence in practice. In: Page LA, McCandlish R (eds) The New Midwifery:

Science and Sensitivity in Practice second edition pp203-227.Elsevier Oxford.

Page LA, McCandlish R (2006) Introduction in: Page LA, McCandlish R (eds) The New

Midwifery: Science and Sensitivity in Practice second edition ppxiii-Elsevier, Oxford.

Page LA (2006) Being with Jane in Childbirth: putting science and sensitivity into practice In:

Page LA, McCandlish R (eds) The New Midwifery: Science and Sensitivity in Practice

second edition. Pp359 -377. Elsevier, Oxford


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Page LA. (2003) Myles textbook for midwives (ed) Fraser D. Woman centred midwife

friendly care: principles and practice.

Page LA (2002) What can we learn from Ontario? In: The Rising Caesarean Rate.From audit

to action. Conference Report 31 Jan 2002. RCOG, RCM, and NCT.

Page LA. (2001) The midwife’s role in pregnancy and labour In: Chamberlain G, Steer P (eds)

Turnbull’s Obstetrics, e3. pp 473-486 Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh.

McCourt C, Hirst J, Page LA (1999) Dimensions and attributes of caring: women’s

perceptions In: Page LA (ed) The New Midwifery: Science and Sensitivity in Practice.

Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh

Mills B, Page LA (1999) The Growth of Human Love and Commitment and Implications for

the midwife In: Page LA (ed) The New Midwifery: Science and Sensitivity in Practice.

Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh

Page LA, Cooke P, Percival P (1999) Providing One-to-One Practice and enjoying it In: Page

LA (ed) The New Midwifery: Science and Sensitivity in Practice. Churchill Livingstone,

Edinburgh

Page LA (1999) Keeping birth normal In: Page LA (ed) The New Midwifery: Science and

Sensitivity in Practice. Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh

Page LA (1999) Using evidence to inform practice In: Page LA (ed) The New Midwifery:

Science and Sensitivity in Practice. Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh

Page LA (1999) Putting Science and Sensitivity into Practice In: Page LA (ed) The New

Midwifery: Science and Sensitivity in Practice. Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh.

Page LA (1996) Surviving the onslaught of the uninformed In: Waterbirth Unplugged

Beverly Beech (ed). Midwives Press.

Page LA, Demilew J (1996) In the Open Learning Package Philosophies of Care In: New

Dimensions in Midwifery Practice Series, Relationships in Care. English National Board

for Nursing Midwifery and Health Visiting.

Page LA (1995) A vision of the future. English National Board Resource Pack for Midwives

Changing Childbirth. ENB, London.

Page LA (1995) A vision of the Resource Pack. English National Board Resource Pack for

Midwives Changing Childbirth. ENB, London

Page L, Wilkins R (1995) Evaluating Innovations in the organization of Midwifery Practice

In: Page L (ed) Effective Group Practice in Midwifery: Working with Women 174-188.

Blackwell Science, Oxford.

Page L, Bentley R, Jones B, Marlow D (1995) Transforming the Organization In: Page L (ed)

Effective Group Practice in Midwifery: Working with Women 77-94. Blackwell Science,

Oxford.

Page L, Ball J, Garvey M, Jackson-Baker A, Flint C (1995) Who's Left Holding the Baby?

Meeting the challenge of the Winterton In: Page L (ed) Effective Group Practice in

Midwifery: Working with Women 59-75. Blackwell Science, Oxford.


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Page L (1995) Putting Principles into Practice. In: Page L (ed) Effective Group Practice in

Midwifery: Working with Women 12-31. Blackwell Science, Oxford.

Page L (1994) Balancing risks and choice: Discussion. Opening remarks In: Chamberlain G,

Patel N (eds) The Future of the Maternity Services 11: 89-99, R.C.O.G. Press.

Page LA (1993) How and who should be monitored: The midwife’s view. In: Spencer JAD &

Ward RHT (eds) Intrapartum Fetal Surveillance 17:22-240. R.C.O.G Press.

Page LA (1989) The midwife's role in modern health care. In: Sheila Kitzinger (ed) The

Midwife Challenge 251-260. Pandora Press, Seattle.

Other publications

Page L (2007) Birth at its best. The Practising Midwife. 10(6) pp 4-5

Page LA (2006) Science et écoute mises en pratique: la sagesse des femmes. Schweizerischer

Hebammenverband pp 33-37

Page LA (2005) Summary of ‘how to carry a caseload without breaking your back’ for special

supplement on caseload conference (in press)

Page LA (2000) ‘In the Spotlight’. How often is cerebral palsy caused by events in labour and

birth? MIDIRS Digest

Page LA (2000) Midwifery in Canada, International Journal of Medicine

Page LA (2000) Questions for MIDIRS

Page LA, (2000) Midwifery in Canada International Midwifery 13(6)

Page LA (1997) Changing Childbirth. In: 1985-1997: Raccomandazioni O.M.S. E

Cambiamenti Nella Assistenza Alla Nascita. Andria Riunione Annuale 1997 2:26-30

Page LA (1997) Evidence Based Maternity Care: Science & Sensitivity in Practice. New

Generation Digest (National Childbirth Trust Journal)

Page L (1997) One-to-One Midwifery Practice: a response from Professor Lesley Page. The

National Childbirth Trust Newsletter 39-41 (Chiswick)

Page LA, McCourt C, Cooke P (1997) One-to-One Midwifery. New Generation (NCT Journal)

20:2-3

Page LA (1996) Midwifery Supervision. ENB Conference in Supervision Proceedings.

Page LA (1996) 16th Dame Rosalind Paget Memorial Lecture. Reclaiming Midwifery.

Midwives Chronicle 109(1304):248-253

Page LA (1996) One-to-One Midwifery Practice paper. International Confederation of

Midwives 24th International Congress proceedings, ICM, London.

Page LA (1996) On the other side of the world - Impressions of Midwifery in New Zealand and

Australia Midwives 109(1299):88-89

Page L (1995) One-to-One care. You & Your Baby Issue 5:20-21


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Page L, Lewison H, Spencer J (1994) Monitoring the wellbeing of the fetus during labour:

implications for midwives of the R.C.O.G. recommendations. MIDIRS Digest 4(1):53-54

Page LA (1994) Professional Alliances: "Some of My Best Friends". Midwives Chronicle

107(1272):10-12

Page L, Cooke P, Bentley R, Bridges A, Douglas J, Harding M, Jones B, (1993) The Way

Forward: Proposals and recommendations from the Centre for Midwifery Practice, C.M.P.

Queen Charlotte's and Hammersmith Special Health Authority, London.

Page LA (1993) Changing Childbirth. MIDIRS Digest 3(4)

Page LA (1993) A time for rebirth. Nursing Times 89(32):18

Page LA (1993) Education for practice:The Future. MIDIRS Digest 3(3):253-256

Page LA (1993) Midwives: hear the heartbeat of the future. International Confederation of

Midwives, 23rd International Congress. Keynote Addresses 75-86. I.C.M. London.

Page LA (1993) Midwives hear the heartbeat of the future. International Confederation of

Midwives, 23rd International Congress. Proceedings, 3:1477-1489. I.C.M.:London.

Page LA (1992) "The Autonomous role of the Practising Midwife". Pulse 52(9):59.

Page LA (1991) A Question of Trust. Magazine For The Association for Improvement of the

Maternity Services, 3(3): 9

Page LA, Healey E (1990) Midwifery by Degree: Changes in Education and Service in Oxford.

Midwife, Health Visitor and Community Nurse 26:10

M.I.D.I.R.S. Editorial (1987) Who makes the rules for midwives? MIDIRS Information Pack

4, April Regulation and Legislation.

Weatherston LA (1985) Midwifery in the hospital: A team approach to perinatal care.

Dimensions in Health Service, 62 (4):15-16 & 22.

Weatherston LA, Carty E, Rice A, Tier T (1985) Hospital based midwifery: Meeting the needs

of childbearing women. Canadian Nurse 81:35-37

Weatherston LA & Robertson A (1984) Perineal massage and hot compresses in second stage

labour. In: Kitzinger S, Simkin P (eds) Episiotomy and the second stage of labour. Seattle:

Pennypress

Weatherston LA (1981) Survey of the learning needs of nurses who wish to work in the new

Grace Hospital. Vancouver, B.C., Educational Services, Grace Hospital

Weatherston LA (1978) Learning on the Job. Unpublished master's dissertation, University of

Edinburgh (Published anonymously) (1979) Nurse, could you care more? Nursing Times 75:76

Weatherston LA (1971) Outbreak of hepatitis in a renal transplant unit. Nursing Times

67:1365-1367


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Weatherston LA, McEachran M (1968) The Nuffield Transplantation Surgery Unit. Nursing

Mirror 127:17-20

Book Reviews

McCourt, C ed, (2009) Childbirth: Midwifery and Concepts of Time. Anthropology in Action

Katbamna S, (2000) Race and Childbirth for National Childbirth Trust Journal

Siney C (1996) The Pregnant Drug Addict. The British Journal of Obstetrics and

Gynaecology

Robinson R and Thomson A (1996) Midwives Research and Childbirth. Chapman & Hall

vol 4. Maternal and Child Health.

Allison J (1996) Delivered at Home. Chapman & Hall. Maternal Child Health

Bergum V (1996) A child on her mind: The experience of becoming a mother. Bergin & Garvey,

Connecticut

D.J.P. Barker (1995) Mothers, Babies and Disease in later life by. Nursing Focus 1(5):16

Chamberlain R (1995) A.B.C. of Antenatal Care 1(6):16. BMJ Publishing Group

Silverton L (1993) The art and science of midwifery. Prentice Hall International (UK) Ltd. Maternal

& Child Health p228.

Book Forewords

Baby Centre (2006) Questions and answers about pregnancy and birth (2006 )

Pairman S, Pincombe J, Thorogood C, Tracy S (2006) Midwifery Preparation for Practice. Churchill

Livingstone/ Elsevier, Sydney.

McGrail A and Metland D (2004) Expecting: Everything you needed to know about pregnancy

labour and birth. (in press).

Yerby M (1999) Pain in child bearing. Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh.

Barbara G (1997) Homeopathy for Midwives. Churchill Livingstone.

Crafter H (1997) Health Promotion for Midwives. Arnold, London

Clement S (1997) Psychological Perspectives on Pregnancy and Childbirth.

Churchill Livingstone

Alexander J, Levy V, Roch S (1996) Midwifery Practice: Core Topics 1. Macmillan Press Ltd.

Jean Ball and Marie Washbrook (1996) Second edition of Birth Rate (1996). Books for

Midwives Press.


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Letters to the editor

Page L (1999) Hospital is the natural place to have a baby. The Sunday Times p20 May 23

Page L (1998) Home Births. Sunday Times February 15

Page L (1997) Caseload Practice. Health Services Journal

Page L (1997) Caseload Practice. Nursing Times

Page L, Kitzinger S (1997) Home births midwife is facing suspension. The Irish Times p5 September

13

Barnard M, Kitzinger S, Flint C, Sterrat G, Oakley A, Page L, Goodman M, Blake F, (1996) British

Mothers in Shackles. The Guardian November 17.

Other

PhD thesis (2005) Working with women in childbirth. UTS Australia

http://hdl.handle.net/2100/258

Wellcome Witnesses to Twentieth Century Medicine Volume 12 (2000)

Volume 12 Maternal Care: Witness Seminar Transcript.

Masters dissertation Learning on the job (1976) University of Edinburgh Scotland.

http://hdl.handle.net/2100/258


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PRESS AND MEDIA

TV and Radio

B.B.C. Television "A Perfect Trust". Part of series "Your Life in their Hands". Featured my work on

team midwifery interviewed on programme, and advised producer on scientific content (1991)

New Concept brought to a life's work. Modern Times: Health The Times (September 11 1992). About

my work in midwifery.

Channel 4 News on "Changing Childbirth" (1993)

Capital Woman on "Waterbirth" (1993). Interviewed by Anneka Rice.

Interview - for Profile New Generation (April 1993) (News journal of the N.C.T.) About my work in

midwifery.

ITN series on women's health (1994) Part of panel discussion.

B.B.C. News on future of maternity services (also featured One-to-One Midwifery Practice) (1994).

Interviewed by Neil Dickeson.

Channel Television, Guernsey. The future of the Maternity Services (1994).

B.B.C. Radio Guernsey. The future of the Maternity Services (1994).

Interview. Life Matters A.B.C. Radio National (1995) Sydney, Australia.

Interview. The Messenger, Adelaide Australia. (1995).

B.B.C. Radio 4 (1995) Fetal monitoring in labour. Points of view BBC Radio 1996

British Columbia Television, on midwifery (1997). Panel Discussion

New Zealand Television (1997) Midwifery

New Zealand Radio (1997) Midwifery in Britain and New Zealand

New Zealand Television (1997) The Maternity Services

The launch of One to One 1998

National TV

BBC1 Business Breakfast. Interview with Lesley Page, midwife, Sarah Munroe, and mum Jackie Pirie

BBC1 Business News Extra. Live studio interview with Lesley Page and mum, Beverly Lavin

ITN News. Lesley Page, mum Lucy O’Connor Dean

BBC1 News. Interview with Lesley Page, Sarah Munroe and mum, Jackie Pirie


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Channel 5, Espresso. Discussion with Lesley Page and Theresa Harewood, midwife guest on

‘Birthright’

National Radio

Radio 4 Today News and Interview with Lesley Page and mum

Radio 5, Breakfast Programme News

Radio 5, The Magazine News

Radio 5, Breakfast News

Regional Radio

BBC Radio Scotland, Good Morning Scotland. Live interview with Pauline Cooke, One-to-One

Clinical Leader

BBC Radio Wales, Good Morning Wales. Live interview with Pauline Cooke

BBC Radio Belfast, Good Morning Ulster Live interview with Pauline Cooke

BBC Radio Derby. Live interview with Pauline Cooke

BBC Radio Leicester Live interview with Pauline Cooke

BBC Radio Cornwall News

GLR Mid Morning Show Live interview with Pauline Cooke and mum Sharon Murray

BBC Radio Shropshire Live interview with Pauline Cooke

BBC Radio Thames Valley Live interview with Pauline Cooke

BBC Radio Lancashire Live interview with Pauline Cooke

News Direct News interview with Lesley Page and mum Lucy O’Connor

BBC Radio Lincolnshire Lesley Page, Sarah Munroe and mum

BBC Radio 4 Today Programme Midwifery -Interview (1999)

BBC Breakfast Midwifery – Interview (1999)

24 Hour News BBC Midwifery – Interview (1999)

CBC Radio BC Canada on Midwifery (2000)

CKNW The Bill Good Show (BC Canada) Midwifery interview (2001)

LBC Radio Interview –King’s Fund inquiry into maternity services (2008)

Hungarian Television, Radio and Press interviews about Regulation of Midwifery (November 2010)


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Professional Press

The Practising Midwife Interview with picture

The Nursing Times Lead feature with front page

National Press

The Independent News report with picture

Daily Mail News report with picture

Scottish Daily Mail News report with picture

The Scotsman News report

Parenting Press:

Your Complete Guide to Pregnancy Feature

Our Baby News report with picture

Mother & Baby News report with picture

Practical Parenting News report with picture

Womens/Consumer Press:

Bella Interview with picture

Womans Own News

Professional Press:

Nursing Times News

Nursing Times Lead feature (with front page)

Nursing Standard News report

Midwives News report

Regional Press:

The Yorkshire Post News report with picture

Dagur (Iceland daily newspaper)

Icelandic TV News Midwifery – Interview

Icelandic Radio Midwifery - Interview