Parents and midwives celebrated bringing in the New Year with the very special birth of their new babies at Hereford County Hospital on New Year’s Day, January 1, 2024.

They had to wait quite a while though - the first, a baby boy weighing 5lb 10oz, made an appearance in the delivery suite at Hereford County Hospital at 10.23pm, and was followed shortly after by a baby girl, born at 10.41pm and weighing 7lb 5oz.

The team of hospital midwives and new parents welcomed the new arrivals on this special day and each baby received a festive bauble and a hat from the maternity team, to celebrate their arrival. 

Amie Symes, Associate Director of Midwifery at WVT, said: “It’s wonderful for our midwives to be able to celebrate with the proud parents the arrival of the first babies born at Hereford County Hospital this New Year 2024.

“Every baby is a blessing and babies born at this time of the year have very special birthdays. It was lovely to present the family with the bauble and hat for their baby.

 “From all of the maternity team at WVT, we wish the families of all babies born both on 1 January and throughout the year, a very Happy New Year.”

Notes to Editors WVT:

• Wye Valley NHS Trust is a provider of health services across Herefordshire and beyond. The Trust exists to improve the wellbeing, independence and health of the people we serve.
• By working closely with our partners, we can make good our promise to deliver a quality of care we would want for ourselves, our families and our friends.
• With an estimated annual turnover of around £185 million, we employ around 3,000 staff. We aim to build new relationships between our staff, patients, service users and their carers with the wider community.

For further information please contact:

Fiona Gurney, communications officer, or John Burnett, Communication and Engagement Manager, Wye Valley NHS Trust: 01432 372928