Calling all Nurses and Midwifes..

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Hello all

Sorry I didn't know where to post so sorry if this is the wrong place. I have just gone back to work after having my beautiful children, I used to work in finance but after having children I decided that I wanted a job that actually made a difference to peoples lives, and that put something back into the community.

I have just got a job as a home carer which I am really excited about. The company I work for will be putting me through my NVQ level 1&2 in health and social care. I will then move on to my level 3 and fund it myself.

My question is that is this enough for me to then progress to nurse/midwife training. My dream job would be in midwifery but at the age of 37 i feel i may be a bit long in the tooth to start..

Thanks in advance for any advice..

Well firstly I would say that you're not too old. I trained as a m/w when I was 29. I was about in the middle of the age range in my cohort - there were quite a few ladies in their 40s training.

Different unis have different admissions criteria so you really need to contact your local uni and talk to them. Its all degree training for midwifery now and I think nursing is moving to degree only. You will need maths and english GCSE. My local uni requre a-levels or equivalent as well.

Nursaing and midwifery are very different careers though. The uni I went to if you applied for nursing as well then they would not interview you for midwifery. They wanted to see that you were committed to midwifery.

I dont have A levels, I do have GCSE's c and above but no A levels. I was hoping the NVQ level 3 may count instead of A levels. I really do want to persue Midwifery though so will contact the uni when I have finished and passed that and see if it is enough..

Why don't you do an access to healthcare course? It will give you the qualifications to enter university.