Expert Witness – Mrs Sarah Holt
Registered Midwife

Mrs Holt is happy to be instructed by both Claimant and Defendant law firms in personal injury and clinical negligence actions.

Mrs Holt qualified as a Registered Midwife in 2003. Since then, she has gone on to further her career and expertise in the field by completing a (Bsc) in Leadership and management in 2022 and becoming a chartered manager with the Chartered Managerial Institute.

Ms Holt has worked at a Foundation Trust for just over 20 years in various senior maternity roles where she has gained invaluable experience working in acute settings predominantly delivery suite. Mrs Holt has a keen interest and knowledge of governance processes, with previous roles involving report writing and investigations into complaints and serious incidences.

Mrs Holt has worked as lead midwife for education and worked nationally as a safety champion for maternity services, planning and implementing change projects to helpful fulfil the national ambition to reduce neonatal deaths and still births and maternal deaths by 50% by 2030.

In 2022, Mrs Holt  joined the University of  Greater Manchester to teach on the pre reg Nursing course, following 6 months practice she then transferred over to the midwifery team where she delivered specialist obstetrics to 3^rd year student midwives.

Mrs Holt is currently working as program lead and senior lecturer for leadership programs delivering masters teaching to senior leaders within the NHS, she has also written and delivered teaching for maternal medicine and midwifery coordinators and aspiring leaders as CPD level 7.

Mrs Holt continues to practice clinically as a shift leader or maternity bleep holder to ensure her practice is current, evidence based and to also provide credibility within her teaching practice.

Mrs Holt has a vast wealth of leadership experience in managing of staff, running departments within maternity settings and also a leadership qualification.

Mrs Holt will be commencing a Msc in Health education in Sept 25.

Mrs Holt has ran trust wide progammes on improving safety in maternity services, been part of a national MatNeo sip group to make improvements to reduce admissions to neonatal unit. Is qualified Practical Obstetric Multi professional Trainer (PROMPT), Newborn Life support trainer.