03 Profile
Vital Signsby Bridgehead
Hansard to 11 November 2026 · 31,429 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
All voices01 Voice · Sector leader · Maternity & neonatal
Catherine Mchomvu: no photograph is held, so the sector leader plate is shown instead.
Sector leader
Catherine Mchomvu
Antenatal teacher
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press citations on 1 topic since 25 Aug 2026 · last quoted 19 Oct 2026
02 Quoted on · 1 of 29 topics
Catherine Mchomvu: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Sector leader
- Role
- Antenatal teacher
- Quoted on
- Maternity & neonatal
- Tracked press citations
- 4
- Most recently quoted
- 19 Oct 2026
- First quoted
- 25 Aug 2026
04 The signal · where Catherine Mchomvu sits on maternity & neonatal
Ranked 18= of 100 voices quoted in the press on maternity & neonatal, level with 6 others on 4 citations.
Ranked on press citations on this topic only, not across all topics. Joint positions share a rank.
- 1
Donna OckendenClinicianChair of Independent Maternity Reviews; Director, Donna Ockenden Limited48 - 2
Vanessa PurdayClinicianChief Medical Officer, Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust14 - 3
Gill WaltonUnionChief Executive and General Secretary, Royal College of Midwives (RCM)12 - 18=Angela McConvilleSector leaderChief Executive (former), NCT (National Childbirth Trust)4
- 18=Dr Helen GbinigieClinicianNeonatal Consultant4
- 18=Catherine MchomvuSector leaderAntenatal teacher4
- 25=
Prof Francesca SwordsRegulatorNational Medical Director (working across DHSC and NHS England)3 - 25=
Dr Katie GallagherClinicianClinical Associate Professor in Neonatal Nursing (joint appointment); Chair, Neonatal Nurses Association, University of Leicester / University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust3
Showing the leaders and the ranks around 18=, of 100 voices · See every voice on the topic →
05 On the record · press
What Catherine Mchomvu has said
By outlet · linked articles
- aol.co.uk1
- devonlive.com1
- itv.com1
- mirror.co.uk1
Where Catherine Mchomvu has been quoted
- 01Nearly two dozen maternity units could be forced to closemirror.co.uk · 19 Oct 2026
- 02Nearly two dozen maternity units in England could be forced to close as current system 'not fit for purpose' - AOLaol.co.uk · 19 Oct 2026
- 03Labour in a layby: The pregnant women preparing for two hour drive to give birthitv.com · 26 Aug 2026
- 04Pregnant mums in Devon advised how to give birth in car amid ward closuredevonlive.com · 25 Aug 2026
Verbatim
“Birth can happen very quickly for some women - so I'm teaching them positions to potentially slow labour down, essentials for the car.”
“Birth can happen very quickly for some women - so I'm teaching them positions to potentially slow labour down, essentials for the car.”
“We should be no more than a 20 minute transfer to a safe place to have a baby. Pockets of the country shouldn't be left out like Devon, We're rural, and therefore we come last.”
“It's about trying to create the birth environment that you would normally have in the hospital or at home, in your car.”
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