Sir, - Reading the birth announcements, I am constantly amazed how consultants are addressed by their full names and thanked, but midwives are thanked only by their first names, e.g. Mary or Collette.
What do I infer from this - that the consultant deserves a full title but the midwife has secondary status? - Yours, etc.,
Marian Dunphy, Brenan, Kilmacthomas, Co Waterford.