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Vital Signsby Bridgehead
Hansard to 11 November 2026 · 31,429 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
All voices01 Voice · Sector leader · Maternity & neonatal
Heather Bower: no photograph is held, so the sector leader plate is shown instead.
Sector leader
Heather Bower
Head of education at the Royal College of Midwives
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press citations on 2 topics since 15 Jun 2026 · last quoted 24 Aug 2026
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Heather Bower: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Sector leader
- Role
- Head of education at the Royal College of Midwives
- Tracked press citations
- 3
- Most recently quoted
- 24 Aug 2026
- First quoted
- 15 Jun 2026
04 The signal · where Heather Bower sits on maternity & neonatal
Ranked 27= of 100 voices quoted in the press on maternity & neonatal, level with 41 others on 2 citations.
Ranked on press citations on this topic only, not across all topics. Joint positions share a rank.
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Donna OckendenClinicianChair of Independent Maternity Reviews; Director, Donna Ockenden Limited41 - 2
Gill WaltonUnionChief Executive and General Secretary, Royal College of Midwives (RCM)12 - 3
Kate BrintworthRegulatorChief Midwifery Officer for England, NHS England11 - 27=Prof Christine McCourtAcademicmaternal and child health expert2
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Kari WhiteAcademicExecutive and Scientific Director, Resound Research for Reproductive Health2 - 27=Heather BowerSector leaderHead of education at the Royal College of Midwives2
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Dr Steven FleischmanClinicianImmediate Past President, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)2 - 27=Dr Aduragbemi Banke-ThomasAcademicLeading on capacity development aspects for DELTA2
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05 On the record · press
What Heather Bower has said
By outlet · linked articles
- nursinginpractice.com3
Where Heather Bower has been quoted
- 01RCM ‘strongly against’ nurse-first routes into midwifery | Nursing in Practicenursinginpractice.com · 24 Aug 2026
- 02Warning against proposals to extend midwifery programmes | Nursing in Practicenursinginpractice.com · 4 Aug 2026
- 03Lack of jobs for new midwives 'being worked on', says CNO | Nursing in Practicenursinginpractice.com · 15 Jun 2026
Verbatim
“The profession – and the media – is now having a debate about whether midwives should return to being nurses first. At the RCM, we would argue strongly against this position.”
“Midwifery education must equip students with the knowledge and skills, confidence and practical experience they need to deliver safe, compassionate care from the day they join the register.”
“The lack of jobs for newly qualified midwives is one of the RCM's greatest concerns, especially as practicing midwives are anxious about unsafe staffing on maternity units across the country.”
Related media coverage
Recent UK press coverage of their topics, not necessarily citing them directly.
- 'Recruitment agencies must demonstrate they are doing things properly'yorkshirepost.co.uk
- Almost half NHS trusts lack physiotherapist maternity cover fundingHealthcare Management Magazine
- New director of midwifery appointed for Yorkshire hospital trust | Nursing Timesnursingtimes.net
Chief executives, directors and spokespeople of trade bodies, representative associations and charities speaking for the sector. Citations are counted by an automated scan of UK press coverage and may be incomplete. Roles, biographies and contact details are researched and human-reviewed before they appear here; anything not yet reviewed is simply absent rather than shown unverified. This profile was last updated on 11 Nov 2026. See the methodology for how this page is built, or email contact@bridgeheadcommunications.com to correct anything on it.