December 2019
Every midwife across the UK will receive a personal tribute from the Duchess of Cambridge after she shadowed health professionals during visits to new mothers, at clinics and on postnatal wards. The Duchess said the time she spent working alongside midwives at Kingston Hospital’s maternity unit gave her a broader insight into the incredible importance of their work. In an open letter that will be sent to every midwife in the country, she wrote: “You are there for women at their most vulnerable; you witness strength, pain and unimaginable joy on a daily basis.”