Dame Lorna Elizabeth Muirhead (née Fox) is a past President of the

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and from 2006 until her retirement in 2017 she served as the

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. In 1992 she became a member of the Council of the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) and, in 1997, was elected as President. She served two terms of office, until 2004. Throughout this time she continued to work as a clinical midwife. During her presidency she represented the RCM in, among other venues: * Council of the

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(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

Other affiliations

Muirhead was a midwifery adviser on Baby Lifeline; a member of the Council of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine; national midwifery adviser for

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; and served as

. She is also currently (June 2011) President of Merseyside County Scout Council, a County of

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in the

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. Dame Lorna is a long-standing Co-President (with eminent obstetrician Professor James Drife) of the national charity Baby Lifeline. She is also a Patron of th
Birkenhead Choral Society
She is an Honorary member of The Rotary Club of Birkenhead.

Personal details

She is married to Ronald Muirhead. The couple has a son and a daughter.

Honours

* She was appointed

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(DBE) in 2000 for her services to

midwifery Midwifery is the health science and health profession that deals with pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period (including care of the newborn), in addition to the sexual and reproductive health of women throughout their lives. In many cou ...

. * In 2001, she became a fellow of the RCOG and was made an Honorary Fellow of Liverpool's

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the same year. In 2004 she received the inaugural award from the RCM for her lifetime achievement in midwifery. * She was appointed

Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order The Royal Victorian Order (french: Ordre royal de Victoria) is a dynastic order of knighthood established in 1896 by Queen Victoria. It recognises distinguished personal service to the British monarch, Canadian monarch, Australian monarch, or ...

(DCVO) in the

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for her services as

References

External links

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