Independent Midwifery Service
Pierremont Pharmacy now offers an independent Midwifery Service including the following
- One-to-one support from conception to four weeks post-natal
- Midwife on call 24 hours a day, Seven days a week
- Visit cycle formulated around the needs of the expectant mother
- Interest free payment terms accepted
Price: P.O.A.
*Independent midwives practise outside the NHS, usually not because of a desire to have private clients but because they believe it has become increasingly difficult within the NHS to provide the standard of woman-centred, autonomous midwifery practice they wish to give.
Independent midwives are subject to the same requirements as any midwife to practise within the Nurses’ and Midwives’ Council (NMC) Rules and Code of Conduct and they fulfil the same requirements of professional updating and supervisory reviews.
They are free to practise within any geographical boundaries and to choose their own case-load. They give one-to-one care, working intensively to give parents information so that they can make informed choices throughout the antenatal, intrapartum and post-natal periods.
The number of independent midwives in the UK fluctuates but is currently around 200.*
* Information from the Independent Midwives Association
