Blackburn, United Kingdom
International Women's Day NHS Portraits
Gillian Parker-Evans, 56, a Midwife at East Lancashire NHS Trust poses for a portrait ahead of International Women's Day at The Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital in north west England, Britain, March 2, 2021. Picture taken March 2, 2021. "All midwives are there to be with women, and that’s what ‘midwife’ means - it means ‘be with woman’. So we’re always there as a support even though we’re a professional. We’re also there for the women to make sure they have a really good experience. At the beginning when birth partners were more restricted, we were still there for the women." Parker-Evans said. REUTERS/Hannah McKay