Maternity & Midwifery Forum
Edinburgh Maternity & Midwifery Festival 26

Scotland Maternity & Midwifery Festival 2026

Wednesday 25 November 2026

Murrayfield Stadium, Roseburn St, Edinburgh EH12 5PJ

SPEAKERS

Sue MacDonald
Sue Macdonald

Maternity and Midwifery Festival Programme Curator and Editor, Mayes Midwifery

Leah Hazard

Midwife, Author, Activist

Amanda Hutcherson
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
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

Ashleigh Gallagher

Senior Charge Midwife, NHS Fife