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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nursing-and-midwifery-council-midwives-rules-order-of-council-2004/schedule-1/paragraph-12",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2004/1764",
  "legislation_title": "The Nursing and Midwifery Council (Midwives) Rules Order of Council 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nursing-and-midwifery-council-midwives-rules-order-of-council-2004",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/12",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "The supervision of midwives",
  "text": "(1) Each practising midwife shall have a named supervisor of midwives from among the supervisors of midwives appointed by the local supervising authority covering her main area of practice.\n(2) A local supervising authority shall ensure that—\n(a) each practising midwife within its area has a named supervisor of midwives;\n(b) at least once a year, a supervisor of midwives meets each midwife for whom she is the named supervisor of midwives to review the midwife’s practice and to identify her training needs;\n(c) all supervisors of midwives within its area maintain records of their supervisory activities, including any meeting with a midwife; and\n(d) all practising midwives within its area have 24-hour access to a supervisor of midwives.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1764/schedule/1/paragraph/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:22:59.732000+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}