Andrea is the Lead Professional Midwifery Advocate facilitating a team of Professional Midwifery and Nurse Advocates and a Freedom to Speak Up Guardian at the British Pregnancy Advisory Service. Andrea’s team has 48 clinics and 5 telemedicine hubs throughout England and Wales providing access to sexual healthcare services.

To meet Andrea’s staff’s clinical supervision needs, Andrea and her team have developed their approach to the A-Equip model, to offer virtual or face-to-face Restorative Clinical Supervision sessions with both a mandated (for NMC registered and Healthcare Assistants) and responsive service (for all staff, both clinical and non-clinical). As a midwife for 40 years, a former Supervisor of Midwives and PMA since 2017, Andrea’s passion has always been to support staff to enable them to provide high-quality safe care with excellent patient experience.She has been a Midwifery Led Unit Manager, Maternity Matron, Clinical Maternity Manager for the West Midlands Ambulance Service, and is a member of Mimosa Midwives—a group of Independent midwives. She currently leads a team of 14 sessional PMA/PNAs providing 40-50 RCS sessions per month and is a member of Regional PMA and PNA groups, including the National PMA Steering Committee.

Andrea has a diverse range of hobbies in her spare time, from genealogy to Pre-Raphaelite Art to attending live rock music gigs.