Research & Publications

Research informing practice
Research and evidence underpin Sorrento’s approach to maternity safety, investigation, education and professional practice. Gemma is an active maternity-safety researcher and published author, with particular interests in family experience, safety investigation, fetal monitoring and learning following adverse outcomes.

Research

Current Doctoral Research

'Bereaved families’ experiences of the national maternity safety investigation programme (HSIB/MNSI) following perinatal death: an interpretative phenomenological analysis'

Selected publications & presentations

The Ockenden report and its implications for midwifery practice: Some reflections

The changing landscape of cardiotocography (CTG) and the impact on midwifery expert witnesses

Abstracts from the International Joint Congress of the International Society of Obstetric Medicine (ISOM) and the Society of Obstetric Medicine of Australia and New Zealand (SOMANZ), Sydney, October 2024, 2024 (Learning from Maternal Sudden Unexplained Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP): Thematic Analysis of Safety Investigations in England)

Patient and family experiences of healthcare safety investigations: a meta-synthesis | British Journal of Midwifery