Eileen Dudley is a Senior Programme Lead and MatNeo SIP Lead at Health Innovation Oxford and Thames Valley Patient Safety Collaborative (PSC).

Eileen leads the Maternity and Neonatal Safety Improvement Programme and continues to practice clinically as a midwife. She has held various positions within the NHS including operational, supervision and quality improvement and holds an MSc in Senior Healthcare Leadership.

Eileen is project lead for the HSJ award- winning Intelligent Intermittent Auscultation in labour programme. The aim of the project is to improve safety for mothers and babies in low-risk labour and birth by improving the knowledge, skills and confidence of midwives.

As an advocate of multiprofessional education and learning together to improve outcomes and experience for families and safety in healthcare Eileen has recently graduated with Distinction as a Multi-professional Simulation Based Education Fellow (NHS England SE).