To mark 100 years of Midwifery Regulation in Ireland, NMBI are hosting a national conference to celebrate the regulation and development of the midwifery profession.

The conference will be held in Thomas Prior Hall, Clayton Hotel, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 on Thursday 22 November 2018.

To register please: click here.

The President of the NMBI, Essene Cassidy will open the conference and chair the first panel. The keynote for this session will be Breedagh Hughes, RCM Northern Ireland Regional Officer (retired). Topics will include a history of midwifery regulation, what constitutes good regulation, a lawyer’s view and resilience and professional wellbeing.

This will be followed by a panel session on the development of the profession of midwifery, which will cover the politics of midwifery regulation, women’s views regarding mental health in the perinatal period, interventions to support breastfeeding and it will ask if neonatal units are providing culturally sensitive care to infants.

A keynote by Dr Sally Pairman, CEO of the International Conference of Midwives will precede the main panel discussion of the day entitled: ‘Driving forward the midwives role’. It will be chaired by Kathy Sheridan of the Irish Times.

The final session will be chaired by Dr Denise Lawlor, Chair of the NMBI Midwives Committee and will include student reflections on midwifery. The keynote ‘The next 100 years of midwifery in Ireland’ will be given by Professor Cecily Begley.

The Minister for Health, Mr Simon Harris will close the conference.

To download the conference programme please: click here.

The NMBI Annual Retention Fee (ARF) for 2019 is due for payment before 31 December 2018.

There are two options for paying ARF:

1. ONLINE: We encourage you to use My Account to pay the ARF, which is available on the NMBI website. Currently the majority of nurses and midwives use My Account to pay the ARF.

2. PHONE: If you are unable to pay online you can phone 1890 200 116 to make your payment by debit or credit card. This line is open from 9.00am – 5.30pm Monday to Friday.

Payments received by post, cash, bank transfers and personal cheques will not be accepted.

Please ensure you provide/update your email address, phone number, postal address and work place online so you can be kept informed and we can maintain an accurate register.

Annual Certificate and Check the Register:

Following payment of your ARF, your Annual Certificate will issue to you within 7 working days excluding holidays.

However, both you and your employer may check your registration status online (Check the Register). All you need to provide is your PIN or your registered name (both first and last name). The Check the Register page contains the registration status, the registration expiry date and the division(s) in which nurse or midwife is registered. This is updated every 48 hours (working days).

Legal and professional responsibility to be on the Register

If you do not pay your ARF, NMBI will not be able to update your registration and issue you with an Annual Retention Certificate for 2019.

It is your professional and legal responsibility to ensure your name is on the Register if you are engaged in the practice of nursing or midwifery. Practice includes clinical practice, nursing/midwifery management, education or research. Failure to pay your ARF on time may result in your name being removed from the Register. It is illegal to practise nursing or midwifery in Ireland if your name has been removed from the Register.

We have had an excellent response so far to the survey launched on 12 October 2018. 

Thank you to all who have participated in the survey. For those who have not there is still time: the survey closes on 14 November at 5pm. 

The results will be used to inform the development of the scheme and findings will be published on the NMBI website.

If you require further information or if you require a hard copy to complete manually please contact professionalcompetence@nmbi.ie.

To access the survey: please click here. 

The National Clinical Learning Environment Guideline document was written for all registered nurses and registered midwives, who are engaged in the teaching and assessing of pre-registration nurses and midwives in clinical settings and who are supported by academic staff in the higher education institution(s) (HEIs) they are partnered with.

The three National Audit Tools were designed to determine the suitability of the clinical learning environment for students. The National Audit Tools will enable the standardisation of the Audit of Clinical Learning Environment nationally and of clinical assessment practices. 

The National Clinical Learning Environment Guideline and three Audit Tools consist of the following documents:

National Clinical Learning Environment Audit tool - Guidelines 
Clinical Placement National Quality Clinical Learning Environment Audit tool 
Student National Quality Clinical Learning Environment Audit tool 
Preceptor National Quality Clinical Learning Environment Audit tool

NMBI would appreciate your views. To complete the survey please click here. 

The closing date for consultation is Friday 30th November 2018 at 5pm.

If you have any questions please contact education@nmbi.ie