This October, I will be visiting Middlesex University to speak to 250 first, second and third year midwifery students. It is an invitation I welcome with gratitude and a strong sense of responsibility. These students are preparing to enter a profession where knowledge, compassion and the ability to listen can make a lasting difference to individuals and families. The invitation came from a midwifery lecturer who heard me speak in Cambridge around eight months ago. My message stayed with her. Working with her colleagues, she has now arranged for me to address their students, explaining that the direct, hard hitting…