Mary Uprichard

Dame Mary Elizabeth Uprichard, DBE, FRCM (born March 1938) is a British nursing, midwifery and health care activist. She was made Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1998.

She lives in Moira, County Down.

Positions

• First President of the UKCC
• Vice-President of the Royal College of Midwives (RCM)
• Chairwoman of the Nurses' Professional Conduct Committee
• Lay Secretary (until 2011) on the Board of Governors of Methodist College, Belfast

Publications

• The Evolution of Midwifery Training (Midwives Chronicle: January 1987;)
• Myles textbook for midwives, Myles, Bennett, Brown & Uprichard (eds), (Churchill Livingstone Publishing, 1993; )

Legacies

• Dame Mary Uprichard Prize for Excellence in Midwifery Studies (Queen's University Belfast)
• Dame Mary Uprichard Annual Lecture

See also

• Roman Catholic Diocese of Clogher

References

External links

• Nursing & Midwifery Council website
• "UKCC: is it now fit to govern?"
• Annual Report (2008) of the Board of Governors of the Methodist Church
• Royal College of Midwives site
• Profile, checkcompany.co.uk; accessed 16 June 2016.