Midwifery Standards Review

Midwifery Standards Review (MSR) is part of the Midwifery Council’s Recertification programme. All midwives in New Zealand have to undertake MSR (at the end of their first year of practice and thereafter two yearly), in order to hold an Annual Practising Certificate. The purpose of the review process is to assist midwives with their ongoing professional development by reflecting on their practice with midwives and consumer reviewers.

Midwifery Standards Review is designed to help the midwife to:

• maintain professional standards of practice
• reflect on the partnership between women and midwives throughout the childbirth experience using the feedback received from women. (Consumer feedback forms provide women with the opportunity to provide feedback on the care they received. This information is used by the midwife and her reviewers during her review. There are seperate forms available for core and LMC midwives
• think about her work using the NZCOM Standards for Practice as the accepted guiding principles of midwifery care in New Zealand
• demonstrate her commitment to ongoing professional development and accountability
• examine her practice with midwifery peers and consumers of midwifery services

To find out more about the MSR process, click here. To find out how to book your MSR, click here. To download a special review application form, click here.

To download consumer or midwife colleague feedback forms for midwives working in a primary, secondary or tertiary maternity setting, click here.

To download consumer or midwife colleague feedback forms for midwives working as an LMC, click here.

To download feedback forms for consumers who have experienced an early pregnancy loss and or a bereavement, click here.

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