Nurses

Your BAPM Representatives

Representative for Nursing (2023 -2026)
Natalie Anders

Representative for Midwifery (2023-2026)
Olivia Houlihan

Making the most of your BAPM membership

BAPM has growing numbers of nurses, ANNPs and midwives as members. We have nursing representation on all our working groups and ensure that BAPM frameworks for practice and events are relevant to all healthcare professionals.

Benefits of becoming a BAPM member for nurses and midwives:

• Keep up to date with sector news and best practice recommendations through our regular e-bulletins.
• The opportunity to shape perinatal practice by joining a working group.
• Grow your network online and offline with our special interest groups, conferences, workshops and meetings.
• Develop your skills and knowledge with our member only CPD resources
• Get recognition for yourself or your colleagues by entering for a BAPM award.
• Support from the BAPM Nursing and ANNP representative with any questions or issues you have.

Look out for notices on the news pages, in the monthly newsletter or on twitter for opportunities to get involved with BAPM's work.

What does BAPM do for nurses and ANNPs?

Current BAPM Projects and opportunities for nurses and midwives

ANNP Career framework

BAPM is currently developing a career framework for ANNPs. This working group is chaired by Jo Hodson and is expecting to publish the framework later in 2020. Earlier this year BAPM undertook a survey of ANNPs to find out more about their career history and goals. The survey results were written up in an article for Infant Journal.

Exploring the landscape of the ANNP workforce: results of a UK-wide survey

Recognising the need for a career pathway for advanced neonatal nurse practitioners

Other relevant nursing groups

Neonatal Nurses Association (NNA)

Membership is open to any nurse or midwife whose name appears on the Nursing and Midwifery Council professional register and to others directly involved with neonatal care including AHPs. They have an annual meeting and other regional activities and a bi-monthly journal - Journal of Neonatal Nursing.

Scottish Neonatal Nurses Group (SNNG)

The SNNG supports high quality care for babies and their families by enabling collaboration and strengthening the voice of neonatal staff in Scotland. Membership is not limited to nurses- SNNG welcomes midwives, AHPs, medical staff, students and other specialists working within neonatal services.

Royal College of Nursing (RCN)

The RCN is a membership organisation of over 435,000 registered nurses, midwives, health care assistants and nursing students. They are both a professional body, carrying out work on nursing standards, education and practice, and a trade union. They have a section on their website about neonatal nursing as well as many more general nursing resources.