Louise Wake

• Basic Life Support

• Birth Injury/Development Injury

• Bladder Management

• Blood Transfusion

• Cesarean Section

• Delivery Emergency

• Diabetes monitoring & management

• Family Planning & Sexual Health

• Hypoxic Ischaemic Encephalopathy (HIE)

• Maternity Triage (Hospital & NHS111)

• Midwife

• Midwifery

• Neonatal

• Obstetric Emergencies

• Perineal Trauma

• Sepsis

• Triage Nursing - Face to Face and Remote

• Venepuncture/Cannulation

• Wound Closure and Suturing

Louise Wake is a registered midwife and Bond Solon-trained expert witness, regularly instructed since 2020 to provide independent opinion on breach of duty and causation in maternity care.

She has held senior clinical roles within the NHS since 2006, including labour ward coordinator and antenatal services manager, and led a regional maternity triage service.   Louise currently works with the Maternity and Newborn Safety Investigations (MNSI) programme, investigating cases involving neonatal deaths, stillbirths, and maternal deaths. She also specialises in health inequalities and is an associate member of the Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors.

Louise delivers clear, high-quality expert reports for both Claimants and Defendants.

Specialisms

Biography

Reports

• Liability Report

• Screening Report

• Causation Report

• Pro bono opinion

Ages Covered

Midwife

• Prenatal

• Neonates and Babies - 0-1 years

• Adolescents - 12-18 years

• Young Adults - 19-25 years

• Adults 26+ years