RCM director delivers thanks to maternity support workers

November was the first ever maternity support worker month, launched by the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) to celebrate all those people who help support midwives as well as mothers and families across the UK.

Southend University Hospital has been celebrating those who help make a real difference to everyone in the maternity unit and SCBU at the trust, whether they are on the front line or working in the background.

The trust welcomed Jacque Gerrard, RCM Director for England, to help in the

celebration of coffee, cake and a chat, something that Southend midwives have dubbed 'the 3Cs'.

Jacque was impressed by the camaraderie she witnessed at the hospital. She says: "I think 'the 3Cs' is a brilliant idea of packaging the thanks we all want to give to those dedicated people who help us day in and day out. Midwives couldn't do what they do without such a fantastic support system behind them and it was great to join in the celebrations and speak to midwives and maternity support workers in Southend."