My name is Alessandra Morelli, I joined the National Maternity and Perinatal Audit (NMPA) as the Midwifery Clinical Fellow in May 2022. I am also working as a research midwife at Oxford University, and I have experience of providing care to women and their families in both midwifery-led and obstetric-led settings. I am really pleased to have joined the NMPA and to be working with the multidisciplinary team to support this important work.