Dr Laura Batinelli
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About
Overview
Laura is senior lecturer in Midwifery at City St George's University of London. Since 2021, she covered different leadership roles and she was Practice Education Lead for two and a half years. She is currently the Programme Director for the undergraduate programme (BMid) and she is teaching full time being mainly involved in the undergraduate programme. She also contributes to the Global Maternal Health Masters and she supervises MSc and PhD students internationally.
She completed her PhD in 2023 and the focus of her research project was how to implement midwifery units in medicalised maternity settings. She used Participatory Action Research and Implementation Science in a mixed-method study aimed at observing the implementation process of a new alongside midwifery unit in a European context like Italy. She is particularly interested in what is required on an organisational, professional and cultural level to implement this evidence-based model of care both in high income countries and in low and middle income countries.
Qualifications
- PhD in Midwifery, City, University of London, United Kingdom, 2019 - February 2023
- Master in Midwifery, University of Florence, Italy, 2014 - 2015
- BSc Midwifery, University of Siena, Italy, 2010 - 2013
- Postgraduate Diploma in Academic Practice (PGCert), City, University of London, United Kingdom, 2023
Employment
- Senior Lecturer, City St George's University of London, England, August 2025 - present
- Midwifery lecturer, City, University of London, United Kingdom, September 2021 - July 2025
- PhD student, City, University of London, United Kingdom, 2019 - 2023
- Research Midwife, City, University of London, United Kingdom, 2017 - 2019
- Clinical Midwife, St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom, 2015 - present
Languages
English (can read, write, speak, understand spoken, peer review) and Italian (can read, write, speak, understand spoken, peer review)
Expertise
Geographic Areas
- Europe
Publications
Publications by category
Conference papers and proceedings (2)
- Proceedings of the 4th UK Implementation Science Research Conference. .doi:10.1186/s13012-021-01163-7
- Batinelli, L., Thaels, E., Leister, N., McCourt, C., Bonciani, M. and Rocca-Ihenacho, L. (2021). What are the strategies for implementing primary care models in maternity? A systematic review on midwifery units. 4th UK Implementation Science Research Conference 15-16 July, Online.doi:10.1186/s13012-021-01163-7
Journal articles (8)
- Valentini, C., Batinelli, L., Rocca-Ihenacho, L. and Drandic, D. (2026). Exploring adherence to the International Confederation of Midwives’ Essential Competencies in Europe. European Journal of Midwifery, 10(July), pp. 1-9. doi:10.18332/ejm/224435
- Aronson, S.M., Batinelli, L., Rocca-Ihenacho, L. and Stevens, J.R. (2025). Stakeholders’ expectations and experiences of being involved with a global accreditation process for midwifery centres in LMICs: a rapid ethnography. Midwifery, 148, pp. 104482-104482. doi:10.1016/j.midw.2025.104482
- Batinelli, L., McCourt, C., Bonciani, M. and Rocca-Ihenacho, L. (2025). Using codesign to support the implementation of a midwifery unit in Europe. Midwifery, 148, pp. 104503-104503. doi:10.1016/j.midw.2025.104503
- Batinelli, L., McCourt, C., Bonciani, M. and Rocca-Ihenacho, L. (2023). Implementing midwifery units in a European country: Situational analysis of an Italian case study. Midwifery, 116, pp. 103534-103534. doi:10.1016/j.midw.2022.103534
- Batinelli, L., Thaels, E., Leister, N., McCourt, C., Bonciani, M. and Rocca-Ihenacho, L. (2022). What are the strategies for implementing primary care models in maternity? A systematic review on midwifery units. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 22(1). doi:10.1186/s12884-022-04410-x
- Rayment, J., Rocca-Ihenacho, L., Newburn, M., Thaels, E., Batinelli, L. and Mcourt, C. (2020). The development of midwifery unit standards for Europe. Midwifery, 86, pp. 102661-102661. doi:10.1016/j.midw.2020.102661
- Walker, S., Batinelli, L., Rocca-Ihenacho, L. and McCourt, C. (2018). ‘Keeping birth normal’: Exploratory evaluation of a training package for midwives in an inner-city, alongside midwifery unit. Midwifery, 60, pp. 1-8. doi:10.1016/j.midw.2018.01.011
- Batinelli, L., Serafini, A., Nante, N., Petraglia, F., Severi, F.M. and Messina, G. (2018). Induction of labour: clinical predictive factors for success and failure. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 38(3), pp. 352-358. doi:10.1080/01443615.2017.1361388