As of the end of the day on the 31^st May 2025, the Review closed to new cases. This means that we are no longer accepting new families into the Review. The Trust will identify cases that meet the Review’s Terms of Reference up until 31^st May and will notify the Review of these cases as soon as they can; this means that these families will receive initial contact from the Review team after the closing date of the 31^st May. The Review team will continue to: review family cases and write personalised family feedback, meet with families, and staff, analyse their findings, write the final report. Our team are contactable Monday-Friday 8am-5pm to answer any questions that you may have.

Ockenden Maternity Review

Dr Julie Jones

Julie did her nurse training in Edinburgh in 1988 shortly followed by midwifery training in Blackpool. Julie has been a practising midwife since 1993 and a midwifery lecturer since 2014. Julie has worked in many areas throughout the UK, Dubai, Saudi Arabia and Hong Kong. She also worked for Unicef in Denmark procuring and arranging the supply of medical supplies and vaccines. She was Bereavement Specialist Midwife at the Royal Berkshire Hospital from 2011-2014 before taking up a post as a maternity lecturer.

Julie is currently studying towards a Doctorate in Health Sciences looking at what knowledge, skills and abilities constitute competence in caring for bereaved parents experiencing stillbirth or neonatal death and how can these competencies be developed in student midwives undertaking the 3 year BSc(Hons) Midwifery programme. She is also Course Leader for London for the BSc (Hons) Midwifery 3 year course.

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