Lesley Page

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Professor

Lesley Page

CBE, MSc, BA, RM, RMT
Born
Lesley Ann Page

1944 (age 7778)
Nationality United Kingdom
Alma mater Simpson Memorial Maternity Pavilion
Occupation
Website lesleypage.net

Professor Lesley Ann Page CBE, MSc, BA, RM, RMT (born 1944) is a British midwife and academic, and was President of the Royal College of Midwives.

Page qualified in midwifery at the Simpson Memorial Maternity Pavilion, Edinburgh, in 1966. [1]

From 1994 to 2000 she was the Queen Charlotte's Professor of Midwifery Practice, joint at Thames Valley University and Queen Charlotte's and Hammersmith Hospitals. [1]

From 1994 to 1998 held the post of visiting professor at the Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, the Royal Postgraduate Medical School, University of London. [1] She has also been a visiting professor at the University of Sydney and University of Technology Sydney, [1] and a clinical professor at the University of British Columbia.

She was elected President of the Royal College of Midwives in 2012. [2] [3]

She was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2014 Birthday Honours, "For services to Midwifery". [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Daphne Christie; Tilli Tansey, eds. (2001). Maternal Care. Wellcome Witnesses to Contemporary Medicine. History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group. ISBN   978-0-85484-079-3. OL   11612215M. Wikidata   Q29581655.
  2. "Meet the president". Royal College of Midwives. 13 March 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  3. "Professor Lesley Page". Royal College of Midwives . Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  4. "Birthday Honours lists 2014". gov.uk. Honours. HM Government. 14 June 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2014.