Lorna Muirhead

Dame Lorna Muirhead

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 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.[1]

During her presidency she represented the 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