Cathy Warwick (midwife)
Not to be confused with Cathy Warwick the chess player.
Cathy Warwick is a Scottish midwife and British trade union leader. She has been the Chief Executive of the Royal College of Midwives since 2008, and is also Chair of Trustees of BPAS, one of the UK's leading providers of abortion services.
She obtained a nursing degree at Edinburgh University in 1975 and completed a one-year midwifery course at Queen Charlotte's Hospital in 1976.[1]
She is an Honorary Professor of Midwifery at King's College London School of Midwifery. She was awarded a CBE for services to healthcare in the 2006 Birthday Honours.
She was ranked sixth in the Health Service Journal's list of Clinical Leaders in 2015.[2]
In October 2014 she led the first ever strike by midwives in the United Kingdom.[3]
References
- ^ "RCM Staff Biographies". Royal College of Midwives. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ^ "HSJ Clinical Leaders 2015". Health Service Journal. 6 July 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ^ "Midwives to strike for first time in history in row over pay". Metro News. 13 October 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
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