I am a neonatal doctor working at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust. I have an interest in neonatal palliative care and ethics. The death of a baby is a unique type of loss. Creation of meaningful memories with their baby is hugely important for parent and family grieving. Facilitating the memory making process is a vital skill needed by neonatal healthcare professionals. However, providing this care can be intimidating and highly emotional for professionals. There is a need for better training in this area to improve the care delivered to parents and families.

Narrative medicine utilises story, visual media, writing and reflection to strengthen the care clinicians can deliver. This is achieved through improving the healthcare professional's reflexivity with individual families and the professional's ability to interpret and modulate their own emotional reaction to situations.

My Fellowship focuses on developing my expertise in narrative medicine approaches and techniques with the goal of using this knowledge to design a novel neonatal palliative and end-of-life care narrative medicine pilot programme for use with neonatal healthcare professionals.