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<p>In the ‘Learning not blaming: The government response to Freedom to Speak Up, the
Public Administration Select Committee report on clinical incidents, and the Morecambe
Bay Investigation’, the Government accepted the recommendation to remove the Nursing
and Midwifery Council’s (NMC) current responsibility and accountability for statutory
supervision of midwives in the United Kingdom and committed to changing the law as
speedily as possible.</p><p>The abolition of the statutory Midwifery Committee at
the NMC is a consequence of the Law Commission review of professional regulators.
The Midwifery Committee does not have a role in the statutory supervision of midwives.
The NMC is considering how midwifery advice will be secured by the NMC if the Midwifery
Committee is, after consultation, abolished. It has set up a Midwifery Panel of interested
parties to do this.</p><p>The proposals for a new design of supervision for midwifery,
incorporated setting up a task force in each country of the UK under the auspices
of each UK Chief Nursing Officer. They are currently working through plans to create
new mechanisms and considering what systems and processes will replace the Local Supervising
Authorities.</p><p> </p>
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