
Somerset
Areas Covered: UK
Fran Wicks
Midwifery
Pregnancy
Termination
Neonatal
Serious Incidents
Fatalities
Bereavement
- BSc (Hons) Midwifery UWE Bristol (2017)
- BSc (Hons) Anthropology University of Kent (2013)
- Newborn Life Support (NLS) Resuscitation UK (2024)
- Maternity Leadership MOMUS Safety (2023)
- PROMPT (Practical Obstetric Multi-Professional Training) Facilitator (2021-ongoing)
- Midwifery lead for new national MEWS (Maternity Early Warning Score) (2022-ongoing)
- Royal College of Midwives
- Nursing & Midwifery Council
- Currently employed as a Midwifery Sister at Royal United Hospital (RUH) Bath.
- 7 years' experience as a Midwife at Royal United Hospital (RUH) Bath rotating between Antenatal, Intrapartum and postnatal care in various settings involving triage.
- 3 years' experience as a Midwifery Manager (Band 7). Coordinating a busy delivery suite and being the most senior member of the team on shift. I am highly skilled and experienced in high-risk maternity care.
- Teaching suturing, cannulation and obstetric emergency courses.
- Investigating “DATIX” – an internal reporting system logging poor outcomes/errors and then attempting to negate future risks.
- Involvement in writing policies and SOP’s.
Throughout my career I have gained understanding of the intricate balance between safety and productivity within highly dynamic areas of Midwifery services.
I am very passionate about service improvement; I am the Midwifery lead for national projects within my unit. My clinical role means I co-ordinate the unit, support more junior Midwives and care for birthing women requiring high dependency care, also involving bereavement care.
I am compassionate, hardworking, calm and skilled and pride myself on delivering safe, individualised and evidence-based care to women and their families.