Abigail has had a diverse professional career of over twenty years in both Nursing and Midwifery, with current regular practice in both disciplines. She is an accredited Expert Witness, an External Clinical Advisor for the Parliamentary Health Service Ombudsman, and a Maternity Specialist Advisor for the Care Quality Commission.  In addition, she is an experienced Healthcare Safety Investigator and an approved trainer for the NHS England Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF).

Abigail worked as a Maternity Investigator for the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch, where she developed advanced skills in interviewing, report writing, liaising, negotiating, and supporting patients, families and staff, following bereavement and serious incidents.

Abigail is the clinical lead for the first, national, weeklong healthcare investigation course at Cranfield University/Baby Lifeline and has participated in training over 300 students. She designed the investigation case simulation for this course and provides lecturing support, as well as curriculum development.

She has worked in hospital, community, and research settings, within women’s, surgical, medical, emergency, oncology, mental health, bereavement, and palliative care. She has also held senior clinical nursing and midwifery leadership roles, in addition to working overseas for four years as a Registered Midwife.