can anyone give me any advice on midwifery in edinburgh. im a general adult nurse in ireland with a BSc and thinking of going abroad for my training. do you get paid whilst training? are your fees covered by the training hospital? is your qualification recognised elsewhere? is edinburgh good craic???

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Hi

Firstly where in Ireland are you from? If your in Southern Ireland and therefore not a UK national it will be pretty difficult for you to get into uni over here and you will need to fund yourself entirely, you wont have your course fee's paid and wont be eligible for a bursary until you've been resident in the UK for (I think) 4 years.

But if your from Northern Ireland and a UK national then it will be much easier. I take it your looking at Napier University who Im sure do the shortened 18 month course for RN's. You wont get paid as such whilst your training but you will be eligible for a non-means tested bursary that amounts to around £6000/year, your fees are all paid by the NHS.

Its also maybe worth mentioning that the shortened course has huge competition for places, just as bad as the full 3 year course. I trained direct entry in Glasgow and our recent shortened course class only has 6 places with around 100 applicants which I believe is pretty similar numbers around the country.

The UK midwifery qualification is pretty much recognised throughout the EU however different countried practice midwifery very differently to here in the UK so its something I would look into closely before I considered working elsewhere. Its also recognised in Austrailia, NewZealand and some parts of the USA but these countries may require you to complete some extra training prior to working there.

Edinburgh is a lovely part of the country although being a West coast/Glasgow girl I have to be a bit biased and say its not as nice as over this way! It is a pretty expensive place to live however but its full of history and culture with great social/entertainment opportunities so its a nice place to live.

Hope that helped.

Hi

The UK midwifery qualification is pretty much recognised throughout the EU however different countried practice midwifery very differently to here in the UK so its something I would look into closely before I considered working elsewhere. Its also recognised in Austrailia, NewZealand and some parts of the USA but these countries may require you to complete some extra training prior to working there.

Hi, could you please tell me what you know about where in the USA the UK midwifery qualification is recognised? I was wondering about that exact question. Thanks very much!:redbeathe