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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nursing-and-midwifery-council-midwives-rules-order-of-council-2004/schedule-1/paragraph-6",
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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/6",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Responsibility and sphere of practice",
  "text": "(1) A practising midwife is responsible for providing midwifery care, in accordance with such standards as the Council may specify from time to time, to a woman and baby during the antenatal, intranatal and postnatal periods.\n(2) Except in an emergency, a practising midwife shall not provide any care, or undertake any treatment, which she has not been trained to give.\n(3) In an emergency, or where a deviation from the norm which is outside her current sphere of practice becomes apparent in a woman or baby during the antenatal, intranatal or postnatal periods, a practising midwife shall call such qualified health professional as may reasonably be expected to have the necessary skills and experience to assist her in the provision of care.",
  "extent": null,
  "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/6",
    "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."
}