Valerie Levy

Valerie trained as a nurse in Guildford, and as a midwife in Epsom, working at St Helier Hospital and then as a community midwife in Berkshire. After gaining the Midwife Teacher's Diploma she taught midwifery at Frimley Park and then Royal Cornwall Hospitals. She became involved in research, particularly into postpartum haemorrhage and postnatal depression.

Whilst still working full time as a midwife teacher, Valerie gained an M.Phil from the University of Exeter in her 40s, and a PhD in Midwifery Studies from the University of Sheffield in her 50s. She was Principal Lecturer in Midwifery at the Royal College of Nursing in London for several years and then Professor (Midwifery) at a University in Hong Kong before retiring to SW France.