The training programme is aimed at maternity
services.
It’s for midwives primarily in practice
and student midwives in training.
We felt that there has been no other training
programme like this that has actually used
fetal heart sounds to be able to monitor and
assess what midwives are listening to.
It’s about making sure that midwives are
doing the right assessment and using the right
tool for the right women.
It’s really important for all midwives to
complete this training because it gives them
an opportunity to practice this skill, to
make sure that they are accurate and therefore
to really help them make sure that the plans
they are making during labour for mothers
and babies are appropriate.
They are really aiming to identify the baby
who is not coping in labour by the only means
they have got which is listening to the baby’s
heartrate. So, therefore, they have really
got to be as accurate as possible.
There’s lots of reports that have taken
place nationally. Everything we are doing
the national drivers are all about making
a safer environment and safe mum and babies.
You have the Saving Babies Lives report which
was produced and there are different factors
within that but one of the biggest factors
is on training on fetal monitoring. They want
us to be training on intermittent monitoring
and assessing and we feel this package takes
care of that.
Using this package and using this training
means that we can identify the midwives who
need additional training and support and therefore
ultimately improve safety for mothers and
babies.
Everybody wants a well mum and a well baby.
That’s what the midwives want and that’s
what women and their partners want.
It’s about having confidence in the staff
looking after you that they are trained to
the best standard and delivering the best
care.
Use the course and it will give you the reassurance
that your skill is of the right standard for
you to be able to do the job.
