Barbara Kuypers

Chair

Barbara qualified as a Nurse in 1980 and as a midwife in 1982 and began her initial career working overseas with development agencies as a Midwifery Tutor with Voluntary Service Overseas and as a Clinical Educator with Save the Children Fund.Ā Ā Ā Ā 

She worked in Tower Hamlets as a Community Midwife providing integrated care within the Domino Model and loved working in diverse communities. Ā  As a midwife she has been a Director Women and Childrenā€™s Services and also worked in regulation with the NMC and also advisory roles with NHS England.Ā Ā 

Barbara feels privileged to be back with the RCM Board and feels this time for the Profession of Midwifery and the business of the Royal College of Midwives to be pivotal in safeguarding the work of the College alongside its function of representing midwives and maternity support workers as they work with women and their families in their respective employee environments.

Media releases, News

RCM joins call for more action to end maternal mortality disparities

3 minutes read

10 October, 2024

News

RCM members in Wales say pay award ā€˜not good enoughā€™

3 minutes read

8 October, 2024

Cookie options

Some of these cookies are necessary to make the site work. We’d also like to use optional cookies to help improve your experience on the site. You can manage your optional cookie preferences below. Using this tool will set a cookie on your device to remember your preferences. Your preferences can be changed at any time.
For more detailed information about the cookies we use, see ourĀ Privacy Policy

Necessary Cookies

Necessary cookies enable core functionality. The website cannot function properly without these cookies, and can only be disabled by changing your browser preferences.

Analytical Cookies

Analytical cookies are used to collect and report information on how our website is used. This helps us to improve the website based on the needs and behaviour of our visitors.

Marketing Cookies

We use marketing cookies to help us improve the relevancy of advertising campaigns you receive.

This site uses cookies to store information on your computer

Royal College of Midwives uses cookies for website functionality purposes. For more information, please review our privacy notice or review the settings tab.