Dr Helen Elliott-Mainwaring

About

Registered Midwife. Former Adult Nurse with NITU, Palliative and internal audit background. Prince 2 Practitioner and Lean Six Sigma Green Belt accredited. Q Community.

Experience

• Risk Midwife at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW) NHS Trust
  Jun 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 1 mo

• Honorary NIHR Midlands Arc Research Fellow with The University of Warwick Medical School at University of Warwick
  Sep 2025 - Mar 2026 · 7 mos

  I am proud to say that I have commenced in post as an NIHR honorary research fellow one day a week with the University of Warwick Medical School. I will be researching health inequalities highlighted in Patient Safety Investigations, asking the research question: How do communication inequalities impact on patient access, experiences, and outcomes within Maternity Services, particularly in healthcare transitioning to digitalisation?

• Editorial Board member at MIDIRS
  May 2020 - Sep 2025 · 5 yrs 5 mos

• Researcher PhD Student at THIS Institute (The Healthcare Improvement Studies Institute)
  Sep 2019 - Sep 2024 · 5 yrs 1 mo

  The role of visual management tools for the coordination of teams in healthcare.

• University of Leicester (5 yrs 1 mo)
  • THIS Institute PhD Fellowship including MSc Quality & Safety in Healthcare
    Sep 2019 - Sep 2024 · 5 yrs 1 mo

    Successfully completed my PhD and all signed off

  • University Lecturer
    Aug 2020 - Jun 2024 · 3 yrs 11 mos