Our Twins Trust Multiple Birth Study Day is on Friday 1 March 2024 at Birmingham Women's Hospital. Attendees can expect a packed agenda for the day, with experts on multiples sharing their knowledge.
Topics covered include the role of the multiple birth midwife, Twins Clinics, complications, sonography, antenatal risk factors and bereavement. The presentations will be delivered by specialists in their fields. There will be plenty of time for questions, refreshments and networking throughout the day.
We look forward to seeing you there. This is a great opportunity for CPD learning as well as networking with other healthcare professionals all sharing a passion for multiple births.
Agenda
10.00am - Introduction

Simon Berney-Edwards
10.10am - RCOG/NICE (pre-recorded)

Prof. Mark Kilby DSc MD FRCOG FRCPI FRSB FHKCOG
Consultant in Fetal Medicine at Birmingham Women's and Children's Foundation Trust
Visiting Professor at King's College, London
Professor Kilby worked in the management of the complications of Twin and Higher-order pregnancies at the Fetal Medicine Centre at Birmingham Women's and Children's Foundation Trust. He established the fetoscopic laser service for the management of TTTS in Birmingham, after a sabbatical with Yves Ville in Paris and received referrals from all across the North and Midlands of England.
He has written and published extensively on the management of twin pregnancies. He was Chairman and then Senior Topic Advisor for the NICE Guidelines for the Management of Twin and Higher-order Pregnancies published in 2011 (CG129) and then again in 2019 (NG137). He is also an author of the RCOG's Green Top Guideline on the management of Monochorionic twins (published in 2025 [but also published in 2008 and 2016).
10.20am - Antenatal Risk Factors

Professor Alexander Heazell MBChB(Hons) PhD FRCOG
Alexander Heazell is Professor of Obstetrics and Director of the Tommy's Stillbirth Research Centre, University of Manchester, and the Regional Lead Obstetrician for the North-West of England.
His research portfolio includes basic science, clinical and qualitative research studies to gain better understanding in order to understand the causes of placental dysfunction, to prevent stillbirth and improve care for parents after stillbirth or perinatal death. He is the national lead for Rainbow Clinic, a specialist clinical service for parents in pregnancy after loss.
He has received over £6 million of grant income and has published over 280 research papers. He was the lead investigator for the Understanding Antenatal Risk Factors in Twins (funded by Twins Trust and BMFMS). He is currently leading a follow-up evaluation of Version 2 of the SBLCB, MiNESS 20-28 and a multidisciplinary project within the Wellcome LEAP In Utero Programme. He is on the national steering group of the Perinatal Mortality Review Tool in the UK.
10.45am - Twin Growth Restriction

Dr Janice Gibson
Dr Janice Gibson is a consultant obstetrician and subspecialist in Maternal and Fetal Medicine. She is based at the Ian Donald Fetal Medicine Centre, The Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow.
She is Director of Fetal Medicine for NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and leads the National Invasive Interventional Fetal Therapy Service for Scotland (NSD Scotland). Dr Gibson has a keen interest in multiple pregnancy and was a committee member and author for the NICE Guideline on the management of twin and triplet pregnancy. She is currently an elected committee member of the British Maternal and Fetal Medicine society, serving as one of two Fetal Medicine representatives and is also currently president of the Glasgow Obstetrical and Gynaecological Society.
11.10am - Complications in Twin Pregnancies

Shireen Meher
Shireen Meher is a clinical academic and Consultant Obstetrician and Subspecialist in Maternal Fetal Medicine at Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust, UK. She is an Honorary Senior Lecturer with the University of Birmingham and the University of Liverpool.
Shireen trained in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in Liverpool and did her subspecialty training in Maternal Fetal Medicine at Imperial College, London. She is the clinical lead for multiple pregnancy and specialises in complex high-risk pregnancies and fetal therapy.
Her research interests include pre-eclampsia, postpartum haemorrhage, multiple pregnancy, randomised trials, systematic reviews and standardization of research outcomes in maternal health. She has held/holds several NIHR funded grants in these areas. She has contributed nationally and internationally to maternal health through her role as Editor for the Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth Group and collaborative work with the World Health Organization on maternal health guidelines.
11.35am - Break and networking
12.00pm - Co-twin baby loss: The Butterfly Project

Dr Nicholas Embleton MD FRCPCH
Dr Nicholas Embleton MD FRCPCH is Consultant Neonatal Paediatrician and Honorary Professor of Neonatal Medicine, Newcastle upon Tyne, having completed paediatric and neonatal training in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK and Vancouver, Canada. He helps lead a broad portfolio of research based in Newcastle (www.neonatalresearch.net) that is focused in two areas: neonatal nutrition including breastfeeding and baby loss.
Qualitative studies have explored the feelings and experiences of parents who suffered baby loss in a multiple pregnancy, and the staff who care for them, which led to the creation of The Butterfly Project. The project focuses on the situation where one baby is lost in a multiple pregnancy (stillbirth, miscarriage or neonatal death) and where at least one baby survives. In these projects, parents and healthcare professionals were interviewed and themes developed. These studies led to the development of clinical guidelines, a film project co-developed with parents and a four-hour online learning course aimed at healthcare professionals. Free access is available to NHS staff via a separate link.
12.25pm - MBRRACE Multiple Births Confidential Enquiry

Dr Surabhi Nanda
12.40pm - Twins Clinics and the Role of the Multiple Birth Midwife including Band Six and Seven

Laura Jones
Laura qualified as a nurse in 2006 then attended university to become a midwife in 2010. She qualified in 2012 and was a labour midwife until 2018 when she became a Specialist Multiple Pregnancy Midwife. Laura is very passionate about care for women with a multiple pregnancy and has a keen interest in breastfeeding. She is one of the team of Twins Trust audit midwives.

Nicky Nicholson
1.05pm - Lunch
2.00pm - Multiple Birth Courses

Dr Elizabeth Bailey
Dr Elizabeth Bailey joined BCU in February 2021 as Associate Professor of Multiple Births and Director of the Elizabeth Bryan Multiple Births Centre. She became a registered Midwife in 2004 and worked clinically before developing an interest in research. She worked in clinical research roles before completing her Doctorate and working as a Clinical Academic Midwife.
Before joining BCU, Dr Bailey worked between Coventry University and University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust where she was also a NIHR 70@70 Senior Midwife Researcher.
Her research interests focus on complex pregnancy and the organisation of maternity services. She is an advocate for clinical academic careers and has supervised clinical midwives at Masters and Doctoral level. She also has an interest in innovation and digital health and was awarded a HEE Topol Fellowship in 2021.
Dr Bailey is leading the EBMBC in its vision to become an internationally renowned centre for excellence in education, practice and research into multiple pregnancy, birth and life course of families with multiples.
2.20pm - Intrapartum Care and Preterm Labour

Dr Surabhi Nanda
2.45pm - Research to Improve Outcomes (pre-recorded)

Christoph Lees
3.10pm - Break and networking
3.40pm - Maternity Landscape

Kate Brintworth
4.05pm - Recognition Scheme, NICE Works II, Charity Engagement

Helen Peck
4.20pm - Closing remarks
