Our Trusted Team

Donna Mansell

Director and Registered Nurse/Midwife

Introducing myself and MotherNurture, I am pleased to offer a very beneficial range of services to women in both their pregnancy and postnatal period.

With pride in the provision of logical, empathetic and evidenced based advice to the women I see, I call on many years of experience in helping women in pregnancy throughout birth, and also the all important transition into motherhood.

A significant partnership with Dr. Chris Hughes has had fantastic results, and in turn allowed MotherNurture to work with many other Obstetricians throughout South Australia.

This positive step forward in midwifery services gives women more choice, support and information during their pregnancies and early parenting experience.

Donna, along with her loving husband Scott, is also the proud parent of two little boys, Oliver (3 1/2) and Harrison (1).

Kate Randell

Registered Nurse/Midwife

Kate has worked extensively as a registered nurse in NSW, Qld, SA and in the United Kingdom specialising in intensive care and paediatrics before deciding to complete her Bachelor of Midwifery in 2003.  

An avid interest in rural and aboriginal health saw Kate also work in Kalgoorlie and the Warburton Aboriginal community in WA before returning to her home town of Adelaide in 2005 to work in the Midwifery Group Practice (MGP) programme at the Womens and Childrens Hospital. 

Kate is passionate about women-centred care and working with women during the very special time of pregnancy, birth and early parenting.

She is very excited about having the opportunity to provide support to more women in the home and community setting through her role with Mother Nurture.

Dr Chris Hughes

FRANZCOG Obstetrician and Gynaecologist

Dr Chris Hughes was born and educated in Adelaide, before graduating from the University of Adelaide in 1987. He undertook basic residency training in metropolitan Adelaide over the next several years. His interest in Womens Health was sparked at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, where he was Registrar for the Reproductive Medicine Unit in 1990, prior to entering specialist training in 1991 at Flinders Medical Center. His specialist training rotations then took him to the Royal Adelaide Hospital, The Queen Victoria Hospital, and Royal Darwin Hospital, before returning to Adelaide to work as a specialist in 1997. He currently works in his private practice, as well as at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital, and has previously worked at Repromed to develop his interest in infertility, and Modbury Hospital.

He has developed interest in rural and remote medical practice from his experience in Darwin, and has worked in Mt Gambier and Broken Hill in supportive roles. His interest in medical training and professional standards led him to be a RANZCOG Councilor representing SA and NT for 6 years, including senior roles in Women’s Health, and Overseas Trained Specialist Committees, and in the promotion of Indigenous Women’s health.

His clinical interests include all risk Obstetric care, infertility and management of menorrhagia.

He strongly supports community based maternity care, collaborative models of care, and is proud to be associated with South Australia’s first Medicare approved collaborative midwife, Donna Mansell. His personal, holistic approach to patient care is the basis of his practice, respecting the contributions and strength of scientific evidence to patient care.