We know midwives underpin every aspect of safe, successful and compassionate maternity care system. That’s why we need you!

The future of midwifery depends on building a different organisational model, one that is shaped and led by midwives for a sustainable work-life balance and without conflicting demands from the wider organisation. You know what you need in order to do your best work.
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There have been some incredible midwife-led case studies over the years (Neighbourhood Midwives, One-to-One, The Albany Practice) with excellent results that have not survived wider NHS systemic issues. How can we learn from, and implement, the winning ingredients from these cases?

Other organisational models: Buurtzorg is an example of an organisational system that puts the needs of people first. We are exploring whether Buurtzorg principles could be applied to UK Midwifery to enable midwives to operate with independence in a flat organisation structure.

Based in the Netherlands Buurtzorg has a unique self-management structure where small teams of community nurses self-manage nearly all aspects of their work. There are no managers - instead, a centralised curriculum with a small ‘back office’ admin staff and ‘coaches’ that can step in to support if teams get stuck. The communication structure allows teams to make decisions fast and not get paralysed by ‘group think’.
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Buurtzorg puts humanity above bureaucracy, and has autonomy with out anarchy. Their patients get better faster - for cheaper - than their competitors. Buurtzorg has been named Holland's best employers for 4 years (Buurtzorg.com)