Consultant Obstetrician, Clinical Governance Lead, Maternity Clinical Advisor, Maternity & Newborn Safety Investigations (MNSI) led by Care Quality Commission (CQC)
MBChB, MRCOG, FRCOG, DFSRH
North West and Nationwide
Dr Samantha Bonner is a Consultant Obstetrician who has a specialist interest in high risk antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care, maternal medicine and clinical governance.
Dr Bonner qualified in 2007 from the University of Sheffield and trained in the North West completing specialist training in Advanced Labour Ward practice, maternal medicine and labour ward lead. Dr Bonner was appointed as a full time Consultant Obstetrician in 2016 at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford Road Campus which is a large tertiary centre teaching hospital in central Manchester (approximately 9000 births per annum).
In addition to practicing general high- risk obstetrics, Dr Bonner works within the tertiary maternal medicine service at St Mary’s Hospital and is a lead Obstetrician in the obstetric cardiac team providing Level 3 specialised care for pregnant women with complex acquired and inherited cardiac conditions during the preconceptual, antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal period.
Dr Bonner has previously held the position of Labour Ward Lead and is currently the Site Obstetric Clinical Governance Lead. Dr Bonner is experienced in clinical incident review following adverse maternity outcomes and is an invited lead Obstetrician for external trust MDT panel reviews following maternity incidents to help drive improvement initiatives within the trust. Additionally, Dr Bonner is an obstetric clinical advisor for the Maternity and Newborn Safety Investigation team, led by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) which gives insight into the diversity of maternity services across England and drives patient safety at a national level.
Dr Bonner has formal expert witness accreditation through Cardiff University Bond Solon Expert Witness certification in Civil law (Excellence in report writing, Courtroom skills, cross examination and civil law theory). She is instructed by Claimants, Defendants and in Coronial investigations. She currently prepares approximately 50 court compliant medical legal reports per year (clinical negligence, breach of duty and personal injury) with a Claimant – Defendant ratio of 60-40.
Dr Bonner has experience in cases relating to:
• High risk antenatal care including missed or delayed diagnosis and management
• High risk Intrapartum care
• Postnatal care
• Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy
• Early neonatal deaths
• Maternal medicine (congenital and acquired heart disease in pregnancy)
• Abnormal Cardiotocography (CTG) assessment and management
• Delay in diagnosis of acute intrapartum events (placental abruption, uterine rupture)
• Failure to expedite birth following abnormal CTG, abnormal FBS and malpresentation (breech)
• Delay in delivery
• Failure to discuss risks (Large for gestational age contributing to fetal and maternal trauma, mode of birth, malpresentation, high maternal BMI)
• Maternal birth injury (Obstetric anal sphincter injury, post-partum haemorrhage, traumatic births)
• Fetal trauma relating to delivery
• Mismanagement of DVT / PE / Varicose veins (antenatal / intrapartum/ postnatal)
Dr Bonner regularly publishes articles and undertakes professional development.
Healthcare Safety & Investigation Branch (HSIB) Safety Investigation Certificate, 2022, Advanced training certificate: Advanced Labour Ward practice, Labour Ward Lead and Maternal Medicine, Medical Leadership in Practice, Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, Post Graduate Certificate in Medical Education (PGCE), Edge Hill University, Faculty of Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare (FSRH) Family Planning Certificate
Cardiff University Bond Solon Expert Witness certificate 2024
UK Maternal Cardiology Society, Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists (RCOG)