The Chief Medical Officer (CMO) report into the HSE Midland Regional Hospital Portlaoise perinatal deaths recommended that NMBI develop a process for continuously improving the practice standards for midwives to ensure the skill set is based on best evidence and service need (Recommendation 31).
To meet this recommendation, a working group was set up to review the practice standards for midwives and the terms of reference for the Midwives Committee were revised to provide for a process for the review of the practice standards on an annual basis.
The working group was chaired Professor Declan Devane Professor of Midwifery at the School of Nursing and Midwifery, NUI Galway. An extensive process of stakeholder consultation was conducted.
It is proposed that the Practice Standards for Midwives 2015 will be launched during Midwives Week on 5 May 2015 which is the International Day of the Midwife.
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