scottish multiprofessional maternity development programme
Welcome to the Scottish Multiprofessional Maternity Development Programme We
offer training solutions for individuals and health-boards, providing excellent
clinical skills training to bridge the theory into practice gap. The Scottish
Multiprofessional Development Programme (SMMDP) is a Scottish Government
subsidised training programme providing clinical skills based courses and other
resources to the maternity profession in Scotland. The SMMDP was formed in 2003
to fill the educational gaps identified by the Expert Group for Maternity
Services (EGAMS). Since then it has developed courses and responded to
identified needs of the service and the requirement for such a programme was
re-emphasised in the Refreshed Framework for Maternity Services 2011 and more
recently in the Best Start review 2017. Due to our unique funding the courses
are delivered at a cost that is affordable to all, this does not diminish the
quality, value or the transferability of the courses. Governance of the
programme is through NHS Education for Scotland, where the programme is based.
