11/09/2025                                                                            
                                    
                                    
                                                                        
                                        Join us for our September webinar! 
Thursday 11th September 12.30-2.30pm 
In our second webinar of 2025 we will be looking to provide a clear, simple explanation of the pathways and support available to you if you have suffered an OASI (obstetric a**l sphincter injury) 
Which medical professionals would you expect to meet and what is their role in your care? When would you expect to see them? What services are available? How do you access them? Post-birth and menopause?
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*If you cannot make the live event all ticket holders will be sent a recording of the event* 
Co-chairs:
Geeta Nayar – Senior Associate Solicitor Irwin Mitchell, MASIC Advocate, Birth Trauma Association - UK and Make Birth Better Champion
Samantha Vincent – Lead Pelvic Health Physiotherapist, Lecturer and MASIC Trustee
Schedule
· Introduction by Co-chairs 
👉 My Story – Joanne Page The Baby’s Ok Am I?, Service User Lead and MASIC Advocate
 👉 Building Better Pathways: Our Roadmap to Enhancing Perinatal Pelvic Health in Kent and Medway – Caroline Potter-Edwards, Commissioning Programme Manager at NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board. Donna Meers, Clinical Lead Pelvic Health Physiotherapist at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
👉 The Role of the Colorectal Surgeon in Obstetric Injury - Professor Julie Cornish, Colorectal Consultant & Senior Lecturer Cardiff & Vale University Health Board, The Every Woman Festival Founder/Medical Director, Hon Secretary The Pelvic Floor Society, MASIC Trustee
👉 The Role of the Urogynaecologist in Obstetric Injury – Professor Bob Freeman, Consultant in Urogynaecology University Hospitals Plymouth, Hon Professor Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry, MASIC Education Trustee
👉 Accessing Physiotherapy After an OASI: Birth to Beyond Rehabilitation - Gillian McCabe Physiotherapy for Women Gillian McCabe, Specialist Pelvic Health Physiotherapist, Co-Director of Gillian McCabe Physiotherapy for Women and Station House Health & Wellbeing
👉 The Role of the GP in Obstetric Injury - Talks with Dr. Sesay Dr Aziza Sesay, GP, Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, Health content creator. https://www.talkswithdrsesay.com/
👉 Nottinghamshire Perinatal Trauma & Bereavement Service – What services are available? How do you speak to someone? What would you expect from an appointment? Dr Harriet Ball, Perinatal Clinical Psychologist, Nottinghamshire Perinatal Trauma & Bereavement Service and the Perinatal Community Mental Health Service within Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
👉 How to Obtain Answers When Things Go Wrong. Who can support you when communication breaks down? – Leena Savjani,  Partner, Irwin Mitchell
The webinar will close with a Q & A session with our speakers, and Sarah Edge, Anne Kavanagh & Rachel Croll. Questions may be asked during the webinar or sent in advance to: admin@masic.org.uk
 This webinar is generously supported by Irwin Mitchell and The National Lottery Community Fund