Dame Lorna Muirhead is a former President of the Royal College of Midwives and former member of the Council of the Royal College of Midwives. She is an Honorary Fellow of the RCM and In 2004, to universal acclaim, Dame Lorna received the inaugural award from the Royal College of Midwives for her lifetime achievement in midwifery, reflecting her years of work as a clinical midwife on the delivery suite ‘at the bedside’ of pregnant women, caring for all with compassion and skill.

During her Presidency, Dame Lorna served on the Council of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG), 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, Council of the Kings Fund and National Service Framework for Midwifery. Dame Lorna also found time to be a midwifery adviser on Baby Lifeline; a member of the Council of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine; national midwifery adviser for St John Ambulance; and the Deputy Lieutenant of Merseyside.

Her passion for midwives, midwifery, women and their families was acknowledged in 2000 when she was awarded Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for services to midwifery. In 2001 she became a fellow of the RCOG and was made an Honorary Fellow of Liverpool John Moores University in the same year. Since 2006, Dame Lorna has served as Lord Lieutenant of Merseyside.