About us
MIDIRS (Midwives Information & Resource Service) provides evidence-based resources to support maternity health care professionals, students, and allied health professionals in their professional and academic development.
- We do not provide medical advice. Contact your midwife or GP if you have any concerns about pregnancy.
Our Mission
Our mission is to be at the forefront, leading international information for pregnancy, childbirth and infancy. We endeavour to share this information widely, to assist in the global improvement of maternity care. We champion evidence-based practice, helping health care professionals to create, to distribute and to use it to improve maternity health services.
- Learn
- Share
- Improve care
Our History
MIDIRS was founded in 1986, developing from a small working group within the Association of Radical Midwives aimed at promoting the importance of continual education and professional development for all midwives.
Over 40 years, we have grown to become the definitive midwifery information resource for maternity professionals. Our team of dedicated librarians run the world’s largest midwifery-specific database, which they update daily by scanning over 150 international journals and publications. Additionally, we produce the internationally-renowned quarterly journal MIDIRS Midwifery Digest, which is in it’s 35th year of publication.
In 2019, we became part of the RCM.
Our Aims
be accessible and easy to use
be responsive to changes in health care requirements
include all types of maternity care practitioners
be recognised by educational and clinical institutions
contribute to improvements in maternity services worldwide
highlight the contribution of evidence-based practice by health care professionals
Products and services
From literature searches to back issues and everything in between.