RCM inaugurates new president

A consultant midwife from Birmingham has been elected by the members of the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) as their next president.

Kathryn Gutteridge has replaced Professor Lesley Page who has been in place as the RCM's president since 2012.

Kathryn was formally inaugurated at the RCM's 19th Annual Zepherina Vietch Lecture which took place on 6 June in Oxford. She is currently Consultant Midwife and Clinical Lead for Low Risk Women at Sandwell and West Midlands Hospitals NHS trust.

She is an established consultant midwife with a long history of clinical care in the NHS and has also worked in many diverse settings including neonatal services and community midwifery care.