Fraser Morton has worked as a midwife at Daisy Hill Hospital in Newry for 21 years. He is also a qualified nurse. Northern Ireland has six men registered as midwives. The Nursing and Midwifery Council recorded five men as midwives and one as a nurse and midwife in the region as of 30 September 2025.

The UK has 194 men registered as midwives. Morton, originally from Scotland, moved to Northern Ireland in 1988. He completed a return to practice qualification in 2004, encouraged by Joan O'Hagan, then Director of Nursing.

Morton plans to move to a part-time role after years in antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal care. He once served as CTG coordinator for the trust. His daughter Rebecca McCaffery posted about the change on social media and received over 180 comments and 50 direct messages.

Former patient Laura Rooney visited Morton on his last full-time day at the hospital. She gave birth early after staying on the ward for two to three weeks. Rooney described his care as kind to all women.

Morton states that empathy and caring in midwifery depend on personal qualities, not gender. He encourages men to join the profession if suited to it. Men have been permitted to work as midwives in the UK since 1982.