NMC publishes new future midwife standards
Published on 18 November 2019
The new future midwife standards have now been published, following our Council’s decision to approve them at its meeting in October 2019.
Midwifery is a unique, rewarding and dynamic profession and midwives are highly skilled, knowledgeable professionals. Every birth is touched by a midwife and that is an incredibly special privilege.
In order to provide the best and safest care, midwives must meet the needs, views and preferences of women and their families, take account of demographic differences, and consider health and care profiles.
That’s why we’ve worked in partnership with midwives, student midwives, women, families, other health and care professionals, charities and advocacy groups across all four countries of the UK to coproduce standards that fully prepare midwives of the future.
New standards for the future midwife
- Standards of proficiency for midwives (Cymraeg)
- Standards for pre-registration midwifery programmes (Cymraeg)
Download the future midwife consultation response document.
We will be formally launching the future midwife standards with celebration events in the four UK countries in January and February 2020, but we are making the final standards available on our website now because approved education institutions and their practice learning partners require them to design their programmes.
For more information on these standards, head over to the future midwife page.
Ends
Further background
- For any enquiries relating to the future midwife standards, please email educationandstandards@nmc-uk.org
Other recent news…
NMC celebrates International Nurses Day 2024
Published on 12 May 2024
Today we’re celebrating all the nursing professionals and students across the UK dedicated to providing safe, kind and effective care, for the benefit of the pu
NMC appoints new education quality assurance service provider
Published on 09 May 2024
We are pleased to appoint the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) as our new education quality assurance (EdQA) service provider, following a rigorous procurement pr
NMC endorses new framework to address emerging concerns
Published on 08 May 2024
We’re joining other health and social care regulators in Northern Ireland to support a new intelligence sharing framework. This represents a collective commitme