APPENDIX
Members of the Birth Centre Steering Group
Suzanne Cunningham (Consultant Midwife, Portsmouth)
Francis Day Stirk (Royal College of Midwives)
Richards Hallet (User representative, Crowborough,
Trustee of the NCT)
Dr Gerbo Huisman (GP Staffordshire)
Elizabeth Manero (User representative, London)
Joy Oxenham (Midwife Shrewsbury)
Jilly Rosser (Sure Start midwife, Bristol)
Linda Turner (User representative, London, Trustee
of the NCT)
Jane Walker (Consultant midwife, Homerton Hospital
London)
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