IN HER extremely challenging job, Julie Sanderson’s kindness and compassion shines through to help those going through one of the most difficult times of their lives.

Julie, who has been a midwife for 25 years, became Whiston Hospital’s first bereavement midwife 10 years ago.

She often goes above the call of duty to provide a sensitive and caring service to make herself available to patients even when off duty.

In recognition of her efforts Julie was nominated for a national Butterfly Award earlier this year.

And her dedication was recognised as she was named winner of the emergency services award at the Pride of St Helens. Julie said: “I feel honoured and humbled to be receiving this award and I take it on behalf of the staff at Whiston who support me to be able to do the job that I do and allow me to be the midwife that I want to be I thank the midwives at Whiston for their continued support.

“And without the fundraising done by the families I would not be able to do the job.

“When an adult dies to some degree you are prepared and you’ll hold memories, but when a baby dies you never can be and you have but a few hours of memories. It’s my job to be a comfort to people at this time.”