London Maternity & Midwifery Festival 2026
Wednesday 11 February 2026 | Royal National Hotel, 38-51 Bedford Way, London WC1H 0DG
Diane Menage
Lecturer, Research Midwife
De Montfort University
Diane is a midwife with a life-long interest in women’s health and well-being. Throughout her career her focus has always been on providing individualised evidence-based care through relationships. As a midwife she has worked clinically in hospital settings, community midwifery and independent practice. She completed her PhD research on Women’s Lived Experience of Compassionate Midwifery at Coventry University (UK) in 2018. She has written extensively for midwifery journals, contributed to book chapters and she co-authored the textbook An Introduction to Research for Midwives, 4th Edition. Diane is a part-time lecturer in Midwifery at De Montfort University. In her role as a midwifery educator, she is passionate about embedding compassion and self-compassion into midwifery education.
