Denise Tiran MSc RM RGN ADM PGCEA,
a practising midwife, university lecturer, complementary practitioner and author, is an acknowledged international expert
in maternity complementary medicine, and Director of Expectancy Ltd.
Previously, Denise worked as a midwifery tutor and then as Principal Lecturer at the University of Greenwich, London,
where she developed one of the UK’s first practice-based degree programmes on complementary medicine.
She continues teaching and research there as a Visiting Lecturer.
Her research activities have included an exploration of complementary therapies for sickness in pregnancy;
a study investigating the potential of reflexology to predict stages of the menstrual cycle;
and a Department of Health-funded project investigating continuing professional development amongst
complementary medicine practitioners.
She is currently acting as a consultant for one of the Kent universities on a study exploring midwives’ and nurses’
use of research evidence when incorporating complementary therapies into their practice.
In her own clinical practice Denise combines several complementary therapies with normal maternity care,
specialising in treating women with “morning sickness”.
Her unique complementary therapies NHS antenatal clinic at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup, southeast London (1994-2004),
developed as part of her university work, was “Highly Commended” in the 2001 Prince of Wales’ Awards for Healthcare in
London and gained an international reputation as an example of complementary medicine integrated within conventional
maternity care.
Denise has written several professional textbooks and over 40 journal papers, as well as two books for expectant mothers.
She has edited the last three editions of the world-famous Bailliere’s Midwives’ Dictionary, and contributed chapters
in several seminal midwifery, gynaecology and obstetric textbooks.
She is a member of the Editorial Committee of the Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice journal, an advisor to
Pregnancy and Birth magazine, has previously written a health column in the Daily Express and has featured on
several television and radio programmes.
Denise is a frequent conference speaker, has assisted in the implementation of complementary medicine in obstetrics and
gynaecology in Hong Kong, and regularly teaches midwives, obstetricians and therapists in Japan and elsewhere overseas.
Denise is founder and Chair of the Complementary Maternity Forum, midwifery representative for the Prince’s Foundation for
Integrated Health (FIH) and is regularly consulted by the Royal Colleges of Midwives and of Nursing on complementary medicine.
She has advised the Local Supervising Authority midwifery officers in England on the development of supervisory guidelines
for midwives and was a member of a joint Royal College of Nursing / FIH working party on midwives’ and nurses’
Fitness to Practise complementary therapies.
She has recently been appointed Chair of the Education and Standards Committee of the Federation of Antenatal Educators
and its Consultant on maternity complementary therapies.
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Maggie Evans MSc RM RN HV Cert
originally trained as a nurse, but has spent most of her career in midwifery and health visiting.
More recently she spent ten years as a midwifery lecturer, where she taught complementary therapies on the midwifery
curriculum and post basic study days.
Maggie is a qualified complementary therapist, applying aromatherapy, reflexology, Bach flower remedies, nutrition and
shiatsu to midwifery practice.
She has a strong commitment to the promotion of complementary therapies in maternity care, in order to enhance holistic
care for women before and during pregnancy, birth and beyond.
Maggie completed a Masters degree in Complementary Therapies at the University of Westminster in 1999.
She is currently working as a freelance lecturer in midwifery and complementary therapies and has a private practice
as a complementary therapist.
She is co-author of the 'Oxford Handbook of Midwifery'.
She is the Programme Leader for the innovative Birth Support Therapist course which she developed for Expectancy.
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