My daughter was stillborn at 22 weeks of pregnancy last year. It was a truly heartbreaking time. Claire looked after my husband and me on the night she was born. Nothing was too much trouble for her. I was an emotional and physical mess, but she was right there supporting me through such a difficult time. She listened, she advised, she cared, and she helped.

She looked after me and my daughter with so much compassion and empathy, while helping us build the only memories we have of our time with our daughter. Claire then stayed beyond the end of her night shift to make sure everything was organised and sorted out for us, even needing to rearrange child care for her own children so she could be with us. Claire cried with us and truly cared, she is everything a midwife should be and more.