Lorna Muirhead

Lorna Muirhead

Dame Lorna Elizabeth Fox Muirhead, DBE, DL, SRN, SCM, MTD, CStJ, is a past President of the Royal College of Midwives. She is the current Lord Lieutenant of Merseyside.

In 1992 she became a member of the Council of the Royal College of Midwives and, in 1997, President of the Royal College of Midwives. She served two terms of office, until 2004. Throughout this time she continued to work as a clinical midwife [ [http://www.rcm.org.uk/college/membership/categories/current-honorary-fellows/?locale=en#lornamuirhead profile on Royal College of midwifery website] ] .

During her presidency she represented the Royal College of Midwives and midwifery in many arenas, including:

* Council of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG)
* Joint RCM/RCOG committee
* Standing Nursing and Midwifery Advisory Committee (SNMAC)
* Women’s National Commission
* Council of the International Confederation of Midwives
* Specialist Register of the English National Board
* Benevolent Fund Committee of the Royal College of Midwives Trust
* Council of the Kings Fund
* National Service Framework for Midwifery

Muirhead also was a midwifery adviser on Baby Lifeline; a member of the Council of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine; national midwifery adviser for St John Ambulance; and the Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Merseyside.

Personal details

Dame Muirhead is married and has a son and a daughter [http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page9967] .

Honours

In 2000 when she was created a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire for her services to midwifery. In 2001 she became a fellow of the RCOG and was made an Honorary Fellow of Liverpool's John Moores University the same year. In 2004 she received the inaugural award from the Royal College of Midwives for her lifetime achievement in midwifery.

References

* [http://www.addenbrookes-archive.org.uk/news/news2002/sep/rosie_conference_300902.html Rosie conference 2002]


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