Midwifery Courses / Events
Revalidation is the process that all nurses and midwives in the UK need to follow to maintain their registration with the NMC. It helps you demonstrate that you practise safely and effectively, encourages you to reflect on the role of the Code in your practice, and keeps you living the standards set out within it. You need to revalidate every three years to renew your registration.
To meet revalidation requirements, you must complete at least 35 hours of CPD (Continuing Professional Development), including 20 hours of participatory learning, in the three years before you renew. Everything you need to know about the eight elements of revalidation is on the NMC website – look for How to revalidate with the NMC – and the RCM’s electronic portfolio (i-learn) is a helpful way to record it.
Below are study days and midwifery courses you may wish to attend to contribute towards your CPD.
Free online learning
University of Leeds – What is health research?
Explore the world of health research and the role volunteers play in transforming treatments and improving health care. A free three-week online course – ideal for a gentle CPD boost between shifts.
Baby Lifeline
Baby Lifeline trains thousands of maternity and neonatal professionals every year, with multi-professional courses targeting the causes of preventable harm. Their programme includes CTG masterclasses, childbirth emergencies in the community, enhanced maternal care, and a new course on implementing Martha’s Rule in maternity services.
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
Visit the RCOG website for their upcoming events, conferences and courses, many of which are open to midwives and maternity support workers.
Healthcare Conferences UK (HC-UK)
Healthcare Conferences UK run CPD-certified conferences and masterclasses for midwives and the wider maternity team, both in person and virtual, covering topics such as improving maternity safety, perinatal mental health, fetal monitoring and developing the midwife’s role. MAMA Academy followers receive a 20% discount on bookings – quote hcuk20MAMA when you book.
Antenatal Results & Choices (ARC)
ARC’s training days give practitioners the chance to reflect on their own experiences around communicating risk, delivering difficult news and supporting parents’ decision-making. Days are currently 80 pounds per person, per day, with a discount when you book all three of ARC’s highly regarded, RCM-accredited training days together – check their website for the latest prices and dates. ARC also run free online student sessions and regular Case Cafe discussion events, and provide in-house training and workshops.
For any enquiries, email info@arc-uk.org.
Sands (Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Charity)
Sands training and webinars are ideal for any professional or student working in maternity services, neonatal care or in the community with bereaved families. They cover the key principles of excellent bereavement care, and include live-hosted webinars as well as on-demand learning. Upcoming dates are published in the training section of the Sands website.
Royal College of Midwives
Details of RCM-accredited events, conferences, webinars and courses, including how to book, are on the RCM website. RCM members also get 24/7 access to i-learn, the RCM’s e-learning platform with over 150 midwifery-specific modules – a simple way to log participatory CPD hours.
The Perinatal Institute
The Perinatal Institute runs regular workshops and courses for users and trainers as part of the Growth Assessment Protocol (GAP) Programme – directly relevant to fetal growth monitoring and our national standardisation campaign.
The Royal Society of Medicine
Upcoming events, lectures and courses across more than 50 specialties are listed on the RSM website. Members enjoy free access to over 200 expert-led events each year, and many sessions carry CPD credits.
More training providers
Further organisations offering courses, webinars and e-learning for midwives and the wider maternity team. Like every listing above, these are links to the organisations themselves, so the current dates and course details are always on their sites.
- NHS e-Learning for Healthcare – free 24/7 NHS e-learning with a wide range of maternity programmes, including Saving Babies’ Lives, antenatal and newborn screening and cultural competence
- British Association of Perinatal Medicine (BAPM) – meetings, conferences and webinars on perinatal medicine, useful for midwives working in neonatal and preterm care
- Child Bereavement UK – training for professionals on supporting grieving families, delivered by experienced facilitators
- The Lullaby Trust – bereavement training covering communication, supporting others and grief in a cultural context, plus safer sleep training for professionals
- ALSG (Advanced Life Support Group) – practical, team-based training in obstetric emergencies, including the ALSO provider course
WHO – Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response
This free virtual course builds the skills to implement new Maternal and Perinatal Death Audit Committees, or strengthen existing ones. You will learn the definitions of maternal and perinatal death, the cycle of continuous improvement applied to audit, and how to plan responses to prevent future deaths. Self-paced and open access.