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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2016-04-22more like thisremove minimum value filter
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Department of Health more like this
answering dept id 17 more like this
answering dept short name Health more like this
answering dept sort name Health more like this
hansard heading Maternity Services more like this
house id 1 more like this
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pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to allow NHS bodies to designate people other than midwives as the lead clinical practitioner for women in pregnancy, childbirth and postnatal period. more like this
tabling member constituency Sheffield, Heeley more like this
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Louise Haigh remove filter
uin 35132 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2016-04-27more like thismore than 2016-04-27
answer text <p>There are no such plans. The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has recently written to its external partners to provide reassurances about the proposed changes to midwifery supervision regulation and confirmed that there will be:</p><p>― No change to the protected title of ‘midwife’. Also the protected function of ‘attendance on a woman in childbirth’ will remain. Other than in an emergency or as part of training, only a midwife or medical practitioner can deliver a baby.</p><p>― No change to the scope of midwifery practice, which is much wider than the narrow protected function and is reflected in the standards of competence for registered midwives and their Code.</p><p>On 21 April, the Department launched a consultation on the proposed changes to the NMC’s governing legislation to remove midwifery supervision from statute. The proposals do not suggest that midwifery supervision and the education and training to support this role will cease to exist, but that the additional tier of regulation for midwives will be removed resulting in a clear separation of the role and purpose of the supervision and regulation of midwives. The consultation closes on 17 June 2016.</p>
answering member constituency Ipswich more like this
answering member printed Ben Gummer remove filter
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answering member
3988
label Biography information for Ben Gummer more like this
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label Biography information for Louise Haigh more like this