Midwifery Council Recertification Requirements 2017 – 2020
For more details visit the Midwifery Council website(external link).
1. Combined Emergency Skills Refresher
- Incorporates maternal and neonatal resuscitation and emergency skills.
- Attendance at PrOMPT or ALSO will meet this requirement but a neonatal resuscitation update will have to be undertaken separately.
- One day every year.
2. Continuing Midwifery Education
- A minimum of eight (8) hours per annum.
3. Professional Activities
- A minimum of eight (8) hours per annum.
4. Midwifery Standards Review
- Every 3 years (MSR Panels have discretion to change this requirement)
- New midwives will be reviewed at the end of their first year of practice.
