Midwives: Insurance
(asked on 7th March 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what level of indemnity insurance for midwives is classified as adequate by his Department.
This question was answered on 15th March 2017
Whether or not a midwife’s indemnity cover is appropriate is a decision for the Nursing and Midwifery Council as the independent regulatory body responsible for the regulation of midwives in the United Kingdom.
The Government supports choice in maternity services, but this has to be a safe choice. It is therefore right that registered midwives are required to have appropriate indemnity insurance to cover their scope of practice.