- Batinelli, L., McCourt, C., Bonciani, M. and Rocca-Ihenacho, L. (2023). Implementing midwifery units in a European country: Situational analysis of an Italian case study. Midwifery, 116, pp. 103534–103534. doi:10.1016/j.midw.2022.103534.
- Batinelli, L., Thaels, E., Leister, N., McCourt, C., Bonciani, M. and Rocca-Ihenacho, L. (2022). What are the strategies for implementing primary care models in maternity? A systematic review on midwifery units. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 22(1). doi:10.1186/s12884-022-04410-x.
- Rayment, J., Rocca-Ihenacho, L., Newburn, M., Thaels, E., Batinelli, L. and Mcourt, C. (2020). The development of midwifery unit standards for Europe. Midwifery, 86, pp. 102661–102661. doi:10.1016/j.midw.2020.102661.
- Walker, S., Batinelli, L., Rocca-Ihenacho, L. and McCourt, C. (2018). ‘Keeping birth normal’: Exploratory evaluation of a training package for midwives in an inner-city, alongside midwifery unit. Midwifery, 60, pp. 1–8. doi:10.1016/j.midw.2018.01.011.
- Batinelli, L., Serafini, A., Nante, N., Petraglia, F., Severi, F.M. and Messina, G. (2018). Induction of labour: clinical predictive factors for success and failure. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 38(3), pp. 352–358. doi:10.1080/01443615.2017.1361388.
Contact details
Address
Northampton Square
London EC1V 0HB
United Kingdom
About
Overview
Laura is a clinical academic midwife currently working in the Midwifery Department and in the Centre for Maternal and Child Health Research (CMCHR) at City. She has been at City since 2017. She is currently teaching full time being mainly involved in the undergraduate programme but also contributing to the Global Maternal Health MSc and the Enhanced Midwifery Practice MSc. She is the Practice Education Lead (PEL) and the research seminars coordinator.
She completed her PhD and the focus of her research project was how to implement midwifery units in medicalised maternity settings. She used Participatory Action Research and Implementation Science in a mixed-method study aimed at observing the implementation process of a new alongside midwifery unit in a European context such as Italy. She is particularly interested in what is required on an organisational, professional and cultural level to implement this evidence-based model of care in high income countries.
Laura is still working clinically in a London NHS hospital being mainly involved in intrapartum care both in the high-risk setting and in the alongside midwifery unit.
Qualifications
- Postgraduate Diploma in Academic Practice (PGCert), City, University of London, United Kingdom, 2023
- PhD in Midwifery, City, University of London, United Kingdom, Feb 2019 – Feb 2023
- Master in Midwifery, University of Florence, Italy, 2014 – 2015
- BSc Midwifery, University of Siena, Italy, 2010 – 2013
Employment
- Midwifery lecturer, City, University of London, Sep 2021 – present
- PhD student, City, University of London, 2019 – 2023
- Research Midwife, City, University of London, 2017 – 2019
- Clinical Midwife, St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, 2015 – present
Languages
English (can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review) and Italian (can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review).
Expertise
Geographic Areas
- Europe
Publications
Publications by category
Conference papers and proceedings (2)
- Batinelli, L., Thaels, E., Leister, N., McCourt, C., Bonciani, M. and Rocca-Ihenacho, L. (2021). What are the strategies for implementing primary care models in maternity? A systematic review on midwifery units.
- (2021). Proceedings of the 4th UK Implementation Science Research Conference. doi:10.1186/s13012-021-01163-7