Over the past three months, our Director of Professional Standards – Midwifery, Dr Karn Cliffe visited all 19 maternity units across the country for a series of information sharing sessions.  

Karn, who was appointed Director of Professional Standards – Midwifery in January of this year, undertook the roadshow to meet with midwifery teams and other stakeholders in person to strengthen existing relationships and provide an update on the work we plan to achieve over the next three to five years. 

During her visits, Karn met with colleagues from all areas of midwifery and nursing, Directors of Midwifery, Directors of Nursing, Advanced Midwife and Nurse Practitioners, Assistant Directors of Midwifery and Nursing, Practice Development Teams, Clinical Midwife Specialists, Staff Midwives, senior management and medical colleagues, current undergraduate students, and overseas candidate midwives.  

The roadshow commenced at Tipperary University Hospital in January and finished at Cork University Maternity Hospital at the end of March.  

Speaking about the roadshow, Karn said “Meeting with our midwifery colleagues around the country allowed me to gain insights into their education programmes which will help inform and shape the review of NMBI’s standards and requirements for both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. 

I would like to acknowledge the warm reception I received and thank colleagues for the honest and open discussions that took place in each unit.”