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patricia.lindsay@anglia.ac.uk

Qualifications & Memberships

• RN
• RM
• ADM
• PGCEA
• MSc (Medical Sociology)
• Doctorate in Health Care (University of London)

• Royal College of Midwives
• Royal College of Nursing
• Association of Radical Midwives

Outline of career

Dr. Lindsay has a professional background as a nurse and midwife, with academic training as a social scientist. She qualified as a nurse at Guy's Hospital London in 1973, and as a midwife in 1974. She has extensive experience as a midwife in the UK and has worked in the Sultanate of Oman.

Dr. Lindsay current post is Lead Midwife for Education.

Research Interest

Dr. Lindsay's research interests are in risk and patient safety in maternity care, social and cultural processes around reporting of adverse events in maternity care and women's mental health

Her achievements include a record of regular publications and she has written chapters for midwifery textbooks. Dr. Lindsay has given conference presentation in the UK and in the Middle East

Selected Publications

Lindsay P, Sandall J., Humphrey C. (2012) The social dimensions of safety incident reporting in maternity care: the influence of working relationships and group processes. Social Science and Medicine 75(10):1793-1799

Lindsay P. (2011) Mayes Midwifery, a Textbook for Midwives, 14th Edition
Chapters:

• Cord Prolapse
• Structural Abnormalities of the Genital Tract

Lindsay P, Creating normality in a high-risk pregnancy. Practising Midwife 2006 Vol. 9, No. 1, p17-20

Lindsay P. (2005) Chapter: The Birth of Undiagnosed Twins in the Community in
Woodward V., Bates K. & Young N. Managing Childbirth Emergencies in Community Settings, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, England

Lindsay P, An extra pair of hands Practising Midwife 2005 Vol. 8, No. 4, p22-24

Lindsay P. (2004) Mayes Midwifery, a Textbook for Midwives, 13th Edition
Chapters:

• Bleeding in Pregnancy
• Preterm Labour
• Vomiting in Pregnancy
• Complications of the Third Stage of Labour
• Cord Prolapse
• Structural Abnormalities of the Genital Tract

Lindsay P, Introduction of Maternity Care Assistants British Journal of Midwifery, October 2004, Vol. 12, No. 10, p650 -653

Poster presentations

Lindsay P. Poster presentation: 'A proposed strategy to improve incident reporting rates in health care' International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare, 17-20 April 2012, Paris,

Lindsay P. Poster Presentation: Incident reporting in maternity care: an ethnographic study of social and cultural influences on staff behaviour around incident reporting in one Health Trust. Perinatal Medicine Conference Harrogate 15th - 17th June 2011,

Conference presentations

Lindsay P. Undertaking an ethnographic study in a maternity setting: some issues and challenges King's College Postgraduate Research Students' Research Symposium 13th May 2009