
Episode 5: Compassionate Bereavement Care: Love, Loss & Legacy
In this episode of The MAMA Podcast, Heidi Eldridge (Founder & CEO of MAMA Academy) is joined by Grace Nartey, Lead Midwife for a Maternity Trauma and Loss Care Service, to explore what truly compassi...
24 Apr 52min

Episode 4: Learning Together; Turning Investigations Into Improvement
In this episode of The MAMA Podcast, Heidi Eldridge (Founder & CEO of MAMA Academy) is joined by Amanda Clifton, registered nurse, midwife and maternity governance specialist, and Parbeen Alamgir, Par...
10 Apr 59min

Episode 3: Equity In Action; Inclusive, Respectful Maternity Care
In this episode of The MAMA Podcast, Heidi Eldridge (Founder & CEO of MAMA Academy) is joined by Leah Lewin, Co-CEO of White Ribbon Alliance UK, and Keelie Grindley, founder of the Nya birth collectiv...
27 Mar 51min

Episode 2: The Importance of Capturing High-Quality Maternity Data
In this episode of the MAMA Podcast’s series for healthcare professionals, Heidi Eldridge is joined by Georgia Kontosorou, Midwife and Maternity Digital Programme Delivery Manager.With more than 20 ye...
13 Mar 35min

Episode 1: Leading Change; How Midwives Are Shaping Governance
Welcome to Episode 1 of our new 10-part MAMA Podcast series created for healthcare professionals working in maternity and neonatal care.In this first episode, our CEO Heidi Eldridge is joined by Dalvi...
27 Feb 43min

From Expectation to Reality: NCT’s New Report on Pregnancy, Birth and Early Parenthood
In this bonus episode of The MAMA Podcast, Heidi is joined by Joanna from NCT (National Childbirth Trust) to discuss their newly released report, From Expectation to Reality: Parents’ Experiences of N...
23 Feb 38min

Termination for Medical Reasons (TFMR) with Emma Belle
Content note: this episode discusses baby loss, TFMR, stillbirth and grief.Emma shares her experience of receiving a life-limiting diagnosis, navigating care during Covid, and living with grief while ...
13 Feb 43min

Listen to staff, save services: leadership lessons from The Happy Midwife
Sophie Eldridge, better known as The Happy Midwife, joins Heidi Eldridge for a frank conversation about what maternity services need to change, and how change actually happens.Sophie is a practising m...
30 Jan 50min



















