International year of the nurse and the midwife: Amanda Brown

January 24, 2020

This year marks International Year of the Nurse and Midwife, a campaign by the World Health Organisation in honour of the 200th birth anniversary of Florence Nightingale.

Nurses and midwives play a vital role in providing health services in our workplace. They devote their lives to caring for mothers and children; giving lifesaving immunisations and health advice; looking after older people and generally meeting everyday essential health needs. They are often the first and only point of care in their communities. Throughout the year we will be highlighting some of our nurses, HCAs and midwives who are making a difference to our patients.

Today we feature Amanda Brown, Midwife who qualified as a student nurse in 1995.

Amanda initially worked in Burton-on-Trent in orthopaedics and trauma. She moved to Birmingham the following year to continue in this field for six years.

She started as student midwife at Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust in 2001 and spent a long and hard 18 months learning a completely different profession.

The 47-year-old from Rubery has been working in maternity at the Trust since then, barring a year off during which she had a daughter of her own. She spent six years working in the labour ward before moving to be a part of the team working on the midwifery led Serenity Unit in 2010.

Do you now a nurse, HCA or midwife who is gong above and beyond to deliver quality care? Contact the communications team swb-tr.SWBH-GM-Staff-Communications@nhs.net