Ms Kennedy is a Registered Midwife with a strong background in decision making, team leadership and managing high-pressure situations. She specialises in all aspects of midwifery care with extended expertise in patient safety, clinical governance, risk management and quality assurance within maternity services.

As an expert witness, Ms Kennedy brings detailed insight and professional analysis to a wide range of complex maternity cases. She is skilled in evaluating clinical facts, considering human factors and applying her specialised midwifery knowledge to assess adherence to professional standards.

She produces breach of duty reports used in court proceedings, mediation for NHS Resolution (NHSR). She also prepares screening reports for initial case assessments.

Ms Kennedy has extensive experience in cases associated with:

• Intrapartum stillbirths (when a baby dies during labour)
• Early neonatal deaths (within the first six days of life)
• Cardiotocography (CTG) misinterpretation
• Unrecognised antepartum haemorrhage (including placental abruption)
• Development of pressure ulcers (particularly in mothers with a BMI of greater than 30 and in epidural labour)
• Undiagnosed third-degree perineal tears
• Retained placental tissue resulting in secondary postpartum haemorrhage
• Failure to recognise the significance of slow insidious vaginal bleeding within 24 hours of birth
• Failure to identify high-risk pregnancy
• Failure to detect fetal distress
• Delays in recognising life threatening sepsis
• Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE)
• Amniotic fluid embolism (AFE)
• Cerebral palsy
• Brachial plexus injury (e.g. Erb’s palsy)
• Untreated jaundice
• Errors in medication or treatment (e.g. oxytocin, misoprostol)
• Failure to recognise or respond to complications (such as fetal distress, pre-eclampsia or eclampsia)
• Delayed referral to obstetrician or hospital
• Inadequate documentation or informed consent

Ms Kennedy’s availability is 2 -3 weeks and has a report turnaround time of 4 – 6 weeks.