BaBi Northern Lincolnshire
Welcome to BaBi Northern Lincolnshire!
At the mid-point of the UK’s east coast, on the south bank of the Humber Estuary, Northern Lincolnshire is located. The borough is mostly rural in character, with neighbouring towns and villages forming some wider urban areas. Last year, Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Trust delivered over 3300 babies, serving families from North and North East Lincolnshire, Goole and Louth. Our maternity services aim to work in partnership with families throughout pregnancy, birth and afterwards, to provide continuity of individualised care, services, and support. Through participation in research programmes, the family services department is committed to improving outcomes for babies and their families by improving care, diagnosis and treatment.
Born and Bred in Northern Lincolnshire (BaBi Northern Lincolnshire)
BaBi Northern Lincolnshire is a project open at Diana Princess of Wales Hospital in Grimsby, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole District Hospital, as part of a group of BaBi research projects all about families and children, to help us to learn more about how families in these areas can live healthier, happier lives. Women booked for maternity care at Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Trust will be invited to become part of the study by one of our midwives during routine antenatal appointments. If happy to consent and participate, health researchers will join data about mothers and children, looking into ways to improve healthcare and services through research and planning in Northern Lincolnshire and beyond.
How does it work
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Maternity research - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust
Meet our Principal Investigator:
Kathy Dent – Lead Research Nurse at Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Trust and Principal Investigator for Born & Bred in (BaBi) Northern Lincolnshire
Kathy started her Adult Nurse training in 1984 at Barnsley District Hospital, just before her 18th birthday. When Kathy qualified in 1986, she initially practiced on a busy mixed Orthopaedic ward. Ten years later, she qualified again as a Registered General Nurse, relocating back to Scunthorpe where she married, had her son and secured a job in Scunthorpe outpatients. Kathy’s interest in Research developed during her time working for a Consultant Surgeon, which later led her to obtaining a role in the Clinical Effectiveness Department. Over her career, Kathy transitioned from band 5 to band 6, expanding her area of expertise from Surgical to Oncology. Kathy describes Oncology as her passion, due to the prospect of potentially giving people a few more months with their families. In 2014, during Agenda for Change, Kathy progressed to a band 7, leading the Oncology team, and subsequently the wider team, working hard to put research at the forefront of the hospital, which Kathy admits has not been easy.
Moving forward, Kathy has high hopes for BaBi Northern Lincolnshire, she is excited that the data collected on children and their families will impact how Councils and the Government fund deprived areas and that this new wealth of knowledge will educate future generations to nurture happier, healthier lives.
Meet our Research Midwife:
Lindsay Bennett – Research Midwife at Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Trust and NIHR Reproductive Health and Childbirth Associate Research Champion for Yorkshire and Humber
Lindsay qualified as an Adult Nurse in 2005, she practiced for one year on a Surgical ward, but later requalified as a Midwife in 2007. Lindsay began her midwifery journey as a Team Midwife, later moving onto Labour ward and then Antenatal Clinic. In 2019 Lindsay secured a secondment as Bereavement Midwife for a period of one year, before she returned to Community Midwifery. As Lindsay’s career flourished, so did her interest in research. Moreover, Lindsay practiced as a Clinical Midwife, taking cord samples for an Obstetric cholestasis study, worked alongside the Perinatal Institute as a SaBiNE Midwife, and contributed to the Big Baby trial. Despite her breadth of expertise, Lindsay remained mindful of gaps in the evidence base. In April 2023 Lindsay became the Trusts first Research Midwife, profoundly increasing research capacity within Reproductive Health and Childbirth Studies.
Looking to the future, Lindsay believes BaBi Northern Lincolnshire has huge potential to improve the lives of her current and future community within Northern Lincolnshire, a place she has invested her own personal and professional roots. Lindsay explains that the scale and scope of the study is the largest our trust has seen and that she feels it will generate conversations with important stakeholders who share the same goal, to cultivate happier, healthier lives.
