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02 October 2020 02 Oct 2020

Volume 28 | Issue 10

ISSN (Print): 0969-4900

ISSN (Online): 2052-4307

The Professional Midwifery Advocate is a new role designed to support midwives and improve the quality of care that women receive

The Professional Midwifery Advocate in non-NHS organisations

The Professional Midwifery Advocate (PMA) role has been designed to deploy the Advocating for Education and Quality Improvement (A-EQUIP) model, which was formulated in 2016/17 (NHS England, 2017) Since 1902, statutory supervision of midwives has been an integral element of midwifery regulation A change to midwifery legislation in April 2017 resulted in statutory supervision of midwives being removed

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