Marion qualified as a midwife in 1983 and now works part-time in the community for Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals. She has vast international experience which has given her valuable insight in all aspects of midwifery in different and diverse communities in a number of countries in the world such as the Caribbean, Australia, Scotland and the Netherlands. Her experience as a Sure Start Midwife taught her a great deal regarding the benefits of multidisciplinary working in the community setting, especially with vulnerable women, she has published several papers on the subject.

She has an MSc in Women’s Health and has published findings on midwives’ experiences of home birth transfers. Together with her colleagues she improved the home birth service for the trust. This won the prestigious RCM award for better births in 2016. Since then there has been the launch of the first Midwifery Hub in the South East with an opening ceremony featuring Harriet Warner, co-author of the successful ‘Call the midwife’ series.

Contact details: Marion.Wilyman@bsuh.nhs.uk