
Scotland Maternity & Midwifery Festival 2026
Wednesday 25 November 2026
Murrayfield Stadium, Roseburn St, Edinburgh EH12 5PJ
SPEAKERS
Sue Macdonald
Maternity and Midwifery Festival Programme Curator and Editor, Mayes Midwifery
Leah Hazard
Midwife, Author, Activist
Amanda Hutcherson
Education Consultant, Knitting and Creative Wellbeing
Dr Jenny Hall
Editor, MATFLIX and Maternity & Midwifery Forum newsletter; former Editor, The Practising Midwife

Ruth Weston
Birth Activist, Speaker, Author of Born Stroppy: Make Change Happen
Sheena Byrom OBE
Co-Director, All4Maternity
Neil Stewart
Editorial Director, MATFLIX/Maternity & Midwifery Forum
Nicky Clark
Freelance Midwifery Educator
Maggie O’Brien
Consultant, Tall Poppy Maternity
Pamela Higgins
Clinical Inpatient Midwifery Manager, NHS Fife

Denise Linay
Leadership Coach, University of Warwick
Claire McRobbie
Practice Educator, Scottish Multiprofessional Maternity Development Programme (SMMDP)
Amy Breslin
Midwife / Maternal Sepsis Educator
JoAnna Greenock
Practice Educator, Scottish Multiprofessional Maternity Development Programme (SMMDP)
Samia Kaddeer
Midwife and Educator















