Meet The SuPPORT Project Team
Dr Nicola Harris
Co-founder
Anaesthetics Consultant with special interest in Obstetric Anaesthesia, Cwm Taf Local Health Board
Dr Esther Godfrey
Co-founder
Anaesthetic and Intensive Care Medicine registrar, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Expert parent with personal experience of neonatal resuscitation
Dr Thomas Kitchen
Co-founder
Anaesthetics Consultant, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Dr Jennifer Calvert
Multi-disciplinary team member
Neonatology Consultant, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Dr Amy Shacaluga
Multi-disciplinary team member
Consultant Obstetrician, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Dr Catriona Matthews
Multi-disciplinary team member
Neonatal Principle Psychologist, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Maryanne Bray
Multi-disciplinary team member
Research Midwife, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Dr Liadin Rider
The SuPPORT Project Welsh Clinical Leadership and Management Fellow, Aug 2026/7
ST6 doctor in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, WCLM fellowship programme HEIW
Dr Phillip Molloy
SuPPORT Training and Implementation Team
ST6 doctor in Anaesthesia, HEIW
Dr Ellie Powell
SuPPORT Training and Implementation Team
Consultant Obstetric Anaesthetist, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Four phase mixed methodology co-productive research
PHASE 1
Parental Scoping
Completed
Explored parental experiences. Guided project need and direction.
PHASE 2
All Wales Anaesthetic Staff Questionnaire
Completed
Explored anaesthetic team experiences of communicating with mothers and birth partners during neonatal resuscitation
PHASE 3
Infographic Communication Aid
In final review
A clinical communication tool is now developed and is a synthesis of Phase 1 and Phase 2 learning with multi-disciplinary team input
PHASE 4
Co-productive guidance evaluation
Completed
Review of developed guidance by expert parents and staff; ensuring infographic aid acceptability across a socioethnically diverse
UK population
NEXT UP
Tool implementation soon... Training in development... Aiming for UK wide use!
About: The SuPPORT Project
Supporting healthcare practitioners to provide high quality communication during neonatal resuscitation.
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Exploring current practice
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Establishing best practice through research, co-production and multidisciplinary collaboration
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Guidance and training development
Guidance cannot be formulated for such challenging circumstances without learning what mothers / birthing people, fathers and birth partners want during neonatal resuscitation and by investigating the lived experiences,
challenges and barriers met by anaesthetic team members.
Only by learning from those directly involved can we really determine what constitutes ‘best practice’.
