Co-production in the Lost Mothers Project

This paper, written collaboratively by members of the Lost Mothers Project team, explores the success stories, challenges, and impact of co-production with a multi-year, ESRC-funded research project looking at how women and professionals involved with the criminal justice system experience enforced separation of newborn babies. 

The article emphasises the profound role of the Birth Companions Lived Experience Team in shaping the research and making decisions as the project progresses; and in reshaping the criminal justice landscape for mothers within the system.

By Laura Abbott, Kate Chivers and Tuesdae Moncrieffe

Published in Research Involvement and Engagement, June 2024