Trustees
Natalie Brown
Natalie works as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner in the NHS as well as being involved in education. She has personal experience with ICP in her pregnancy with her son, and found the ICP Support resources and Facebook group vital in being able to advocate for herself.
Sharon Coaker
Sharon lives in Hertfordshire with her husband, two young boys and a loving dog! She experienced very challenging pregnancies, so brings a lived experience of what it is like to be ‘high risk’ and to navigate the complexities that come with a diagnosis like ICP. She is really passionate about ensuring that ICP Support can provide specialist information and advice for anyone that needs it, supporting them through difficult pregnancies and especially heartbreaking outcomes. She brings her professional expertise from working in the baby loss field, as well as in organisational development. She likes to see people and organisations operating efficiently and effectively, so they can grow and thrive, and looks forward to helping ICP Support with this.
Katy Crabbe
Katy is a manager in the NHS and her background is as a midwife. She has had personal experience of ICP with both her children, giving birth at 37 and 38 weeks after induction of labour. With her knowledge of midwifery Katy is very aware that lots of obstetricians and midwives still don’t have the most up-to-date information and research into ICP. Katy is our Designated Safeguarding Lead.
Peter Dixon
Peter is a post-doctoral research scientist who specializes in genetic and metabolomic studies. He has spent a considerable part of his career unravelling the maternal genetic component of ICP susceptibility as part of the Imperial College research team.
Sarah Flower
Sarah is Assistant Professor of Midwifery at the University of Bradford with a special interest in ICP. Her experiences in her clinical career as an Independent Midwife sparked an interest in ICP and how to improve the care women and families receive.
She is keen to share up to date evidence-based information with health care professionals through education updates and review of trust practice guidelines, in order to improve the care women and families receive.
Jude Gray
Jude has had ICP in all her pregnancies. She is a mother, partner and Head of HR at a hospital trust.
Jenny Hastings
In December 2012 I was diagnosed with ICP at 34 weeks. It was my first pregnancy, and to say I was worried was an understatement. I had never heard of ICP and the hospital seemed to know very little. I went home on the Friday night with so many questions. I came across ICP Support and phoned them. The advice, support and help I received was invaluable, reassuring and so friendly. I was induced at 38 weeks and delivered a healthy baby boy. I would have been lost without the support of the group and their research. Volunteering for the group is a small way of me saying thank you.
Helen Owen
Helen has two little itches, both currently in primary school and full of energy. It was not until after she had her daughter in 2015 that Helen really learned what ICP is and she then went on to find ICP Support before having her son in 2017. Since this time Helen has been a keen advocate of ICP Support, even working for the charity for a year before becoming a trustee in 2023.
Katie Symons
I have been a moderator since October 2022 and joined as a Trustee in November 2023. I live in Nottingham and work as a solicitor. I’m a mummy to two little itches, aged four and two. I had ICP in both my pregnancies (severely with the second) and found the ICP Support resources and support invaluable in helping to make difficult decisions. ICP Support does such a brilliant and important job and I want to help ensure that we continue to be around to support as many people as possible.