Dr Bedford-Russell has been a consultant since May 1994 when she was appointed to to St George’s – a big regional NICU with surgery for the South West Thames region. Having first started “protocolised” management for CDH there in the late 1990s – with increased survival – Dr Bedford-Russell is committed to doing the same in the West Midlands. She has been the lead clinician for the South West Midlands newborn network since 2008. Having moved to the Birmingham Women’s Hospital in 2009 to take up the neonatal liaison lead for neonatal surgery, Dr Bedford-Russell has been on a mission to improve care for all babies needing surgery but in particular those with CDH. Dr Bedford-Russell was also a part of the NHS FASP CDH guideline review along with CDH UK