Top midwife visiting city hospitals
Published Date:
07 October 2008
By Rachel Hine
THE UK's top midwife is visiting maternity units in the area today to check out services for the region's mums-to-be.
The VIP visitor is Dame Karlene Davis, who has been leading the midwifery profession as General Secretary of the Royal College of Midwives for 10 years.
She will be visiting the maternity unit at St Mary's Hospital and the midwife-led Grange Maternity Centre in Petersfield.
She will also be going to Queen Alexandra Hospital for a tour of the major new maternity unit there which is set to open next year.
Donna Ockenden, head of midwifery for Queen Alexandra Hospital, said: 'It is a great honour for Portsmouth to have been chosen for a visit by Dame Karlene. Our midwives and nurses are all very excited and eager to meet her, as she has been an inspiration and a role model to many of our members.'
Dame Karlene will be stepping down from her post later this month.
The full article contains 167 words and appears in NS-Fareham & Gosport newspaper.
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Last Updated:
07 October 2008 9:20 AM
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Source:
NS-Fareham & Gosport
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Location:
Portsmouth
