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Lesley Bland RM

My Expert Midwife, Lead Midwife for Education 

Registered Midwife  

Lesley began her Midwifery career working in large teaching hospitals rotating through all clinical areas with particular emphasis on antenatal and intrapartum care. Lesley qualified as a mentor of students and developed a passion for education specialising as a Clinical Educator teaching the maternity multidisciplinary team. Her role within My Expert Midwife focuses on educating the general population, retail partners and healthcare professionals about our products and services and maintaining strong professional links with event and charity partners. 

Lesley’s specialist areas are: 

Clinical Education,  

Train the trainer 

Healthcare Professional Support 

Antenatal Education 

Charlotte Hoskin began her career as a staff nurse in orthopaedics before training as a midwife in Leeds in 2008. Since then, she has gained extensive experience across multiple teaching hospitals, working in maternity assessment, homebirth teams, postnatal care, and as a delivery suite coordinator. As a qualified independent prescriber, Charlotte is able to manage and prescribe medications during pregnancy, and she has also worked in GP practices supporting maternal and newborn care.

Charlotte’s specialist areas include:

• Prescribing in pregnancy
• Intrapartum care
• Social media engagement during pregnancy, birth, and recovery
• Common newborn ailments