| Biography | National Birthday Trust Fund was established in 1928 out of a concern to address the high incidence of maternal mortality.
Its original aims were to support maternity hospitals and contribute to the development of midwifery practice. The Trust Fund has been funding perinatal research since 1935 and played a leading role in three major statistical surveys in 1946, 1958 and 1970. The surveys addressed the sites, management strategies and outcomes of all births that took place in a single week in these years.
Now administered by Wellbeing of Women, the National Birthday Trust Fund continues to contribute to the development of medical careers in Obstetrics & Gynaecology through its grants and bursaries.
Lucy Baldwin, Countess Baldwin of Bewdley, GBE, DGStJ (née Ridsdale; 1869 17 June 1945) was the wife of British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin and in 1928 she was vice-chairman of the newly established National Birthday Trust Fund to address the high incidence of maternal mortality. Its original aims were to support maternity hospitals and contribute to the development of midwifery practice. In 1929 she helped found the Anæsthetics Appeal Fund with speeches, broadcasts and fund-raising. |