A FAMILY has visited a new housing development in Worcester to unveil the signs on a road named in honour of their father.

Chalmers Close, at the David Wilson Homes Mercia development Broadheath Meadows, was named after surgeon Hamish Chalmers, a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist at Ronkswood Hospital from 1950-1977 and the first in the country to introduce the ventouse instrument for delivering babies.

His sons and daughter, Sir Iain Chalmers, Dr Robert Chalmers and Penelope Chalmers, were invited to the development to see the sign. Dr Chalmers said: “We are extremely proud that our father has been remembered in this way. It was wonderful to visit Broadheath Meadows and see his name on the signs, particularly as this is exactly where the Ronkswood Maternity Unit in which he worked for 25 years used to be.”

Steve Barton, senior sales manager at David Wilson Homes Mercia, added: “We are very pleased to have been able to recognise Mr Chalmers by naming a road after him at Broadheath Meadows. When choosing road names we aim to celebrate people who have had an impact in the area and Mr Chalmers certainly did this with his work at the maternity hospital.”