Welcome to Lincoln NCT’s Midwife of the Year competition.

Nominate your Midwife for this year’s award, click here

NCT Lincoln would like to thank the sponsors of our Midwife of the Year Awards:
Curves Gym,  Flowers by Suzanne,  Jules King Antenatal Services, Mandarin Leisure,  NHS Lincolnshire,  Old Station Nurseries,  pat-host.net,  Waitrose, Wilkin Chapman Epton Blades Solicitors

Five Lincoln midwives have been thanked for their hard work and dedication to new mums by being handed an award. The National Childbirth Trust Lincoln branch created the award to recognise local midwives and is now able to release the names of the winners of its Midwife of the Year 2009 competition.

It was a close-run competition, so much so that the panel have chosen three midwives for commendations in addition to the winner and runner-up. This reflects the strength and depth of the nominations that were received.

When nominating midwives for the award, parents were also asked to complete the following sentence “This midwife should be NCT Lincoln Branch’s Midwife of the Year because…”

And this year parents comments said that their midwives fully supported them to make choices, respected and understood their needs and had gone out of her/his way to help.

The winners will be receiving their awards, and will be reunited with some of the parents who nominated them, in a presentation at the Antenatal Clinic (ground floor), Lincoln County Hospital on Friday 6th November at 1pm.

The winners are:

Kayleigh Waugh: Midwife of the Year – Nettleham (antenatal/postnatal) ward and Bardney (labour) ward. Lincoln County Hospital.

Kayleigh is our Midwife of the Year 2009 for being encouraging, patient, and understanding. She provides exceptional reassurance to parents who feel vulnerable. She is a ’shining light’ on a busy antenatal/postnatal ward and has been described as an “absolute superstar” (Emma, mum to 5 month old Ben).

Kayleigh receives £500 worth of complementary therapies and/or personal training from Martin Thomas of Mandarin Leisure. Mandarin Leisure wish to reward the unsung hard work that midwives do. Kayleigh also receives 2 months’ membership of Curves gym, Waitrose champagne, a framed certificate and a glass trophy.

Nicki Kirk – Runner Up – Community Midwife – Nettleham/Cherry Willingham.

Nicki is the MOTY runner up for supporting home birth and individual choices that mean such a lot to individuals and for her extremely friendly manner with parents. Kerryn, mum to 2-month old Hugo, says that attending appointments with Nicki is “like going to see a friend”.

Nicki receives £100 of complementary therapies from Mandarin Leisure, £50 of Mark Jeffs Hair & Beauty vouchers, Waitrose wine and a framed certificate.

Victoria Chapple – Commendation – Labour ward midwife. Lincoln County Hosp.

Victoria receives a MOTY commendation for her caring warm hearted manner, for respecting individual choices and inspiring belief in the individual. She has strong confidence boosting skills. “She was the most caring, warm hearted and kindest midwife that I could have wished for” (Ginny, mum to 11-month old Holly Victoria, named after their midwife)

Lindsey Thacker – Commendation – Community Midwife – North Hykeham

Lindsey receives a MOTY commendation because she goes out of her way to give support and compassion with a non judgemental approach. “She gave me support and confidence with my pregnancy” (Carla, mum to 10-month old Lola).

Becky Warren – Commendation – Community Midwife/Labour ward midwife.

Becky receives a MOTY commendation for her promotion of active birth, home birth and informed choices and for her sensitive dealings with young parents. “I couldn’t thank her enough” (Pippa, mum to 1-year old Joel).

All commendation midwives receive £15 of Waitrose Lincoln vouchers, a bouquet from Flowers by Suzanne, a massage treatment from Mandarin Leisure and a framed certificate.

Thanks also to Old Station Nurseries for Midwife of the Year sponsorship.

Jules King
MOTY Team
NCT Lincoln
Jules.king1@btopenworld.com
01673 863357

Nicola Hadley
MOTY team
NCT Lincoln
chair@nctlincoln.org.uk
01522 595637