We are delighted to announce Dame Lorna Muirhead as Patron of the Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust’s Charity
Dame Lorna Elizabeth Muirhead DCVO DBE CStJ DL FRCOG (née Fox) is a past President of the Royal College of Midwives and from 2006 until her retirement in 2017 she served as the Lord Lieutenant of Merseyside.
In 1992 Dame Lorna became a member of the Council of the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) and, in 1997 was elected as President. Dame Lorna served two terms of office, until 2004. Throughout this time continued to work as a clinical midwife, at the Liverpool Women’s Hospital.
During her presidency she represented the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) in, among other venues:
- 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
Kate Davis – Head of Fundraising said: “Dame Lorna has a wealth of knowledge and experience in all aspects of Maternity Care and Women’s Health and it is a privilege to have Dame Lorna working with us to help champion the Liverpool Women's Charity’s mission and vision".
Dame Lorna Muirhead said, “After almost 40 years working as a midwife at the Liverpool Women’s I am honoured to be invited to be Patron for Liverpool Women's Hospital Charity and look forward to being involved in the Trust's work again”.
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 St John Ambulance; and served as Lord Lieutenant of Merseyside.
She is also currently (June 2011) President of Merseyside County Scout Council, a County of The Scout Association in the United Kingdom. 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 the Birkenhead Choral Society. She is an Honorary member of The Rotary Club of Birkenhead.
Honours
- She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire(DBE) in 2000 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 Universitythe 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(DCVO) in the 2017 New Year Honours for her services as Lord Lieutenant of Merseyside.