Louise is the deputy clinical director for the maternity investigation programme at the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch and Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist at West Middlesex Hospital, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. She trained at St Mary’s Hospital Medical School, London and specialised during her early postgraduate career in Obstetrics & Gynaecology. She undertook her speciality training in London and Sydney, Australia. She was appointed as a Consultant in 2010.

In her clinical practice she has developed a special interest in intrapartum care, perinatal mental health and maternal medicine. She has a MSc in Quality and Safety in Healthcare from Imperial College. She is the obstetric service lead at West Middlesex Hospital and one of the maternity quality and safety leads at Chelsea & Westminster.

She is President of the British Intrapartum Care Society and is one of the co-organisers for the Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists / British Maternal & Fetal Medicine Society Management of the Labour Ward course held annually at the RCOG.

Louise is part of the senior team at the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch undertaking a significant number of independent investigations focusing on maternity services and perinatal care, specifically all cases of maternal death related to pregnancy and other cases meeting the criteria of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists ‘Each Baby Counts’ programme – over 1200 investigations per year.