You’re Not Done With Midwifery.
You’re Done With Practising It This Way.
You didn’t arrive here because you’re deciding whether to stay.
You arrived because, quietly and professionally, you’ve already recognised that the way midwifery is currently structured doesn’t allow you to practise with the continuity, judgement, or standards you value.
You’ve spent years holding it all together
- the rotas,
- the overbooked clinics,
- the inadequate staffing,
- the pressure to do more with less,
- the growing inability to provide the care you know is right.
And now?
It’s not the work you’re done with.
It’s the way the work is being held.
You don’t want to quit being a midwife.
You just want to practise your way – with integrity, with space, and with actual care, for you and your clients.
So where do you start?
This guide is a professional starting point
Not a leap.
Not a resignation letter – whether you’ve already handed one in, or not.
Not a business plan.
Just a clear, grounded move away from the system
and towards the kind of midwifery you actually want to practise.
What you’ll find inside
Inside this guide, I’ll help you:
Reconnect with what midwifery still means to you — outside of targets, policies, and performance measures
Set clear professional boundaries for what your next chapter will and will not include
Explore real, ethical ways to practise privately – beyond full-spectrum on-call care
Understand the first practical steps to begin, even if you still have one foot in the NHS
See a future that supports your health, values, and professional integrity
No pressure. No hype. Just a place to begin.
Hi, I’m Linda.
I’m an independent midwife and mentor, and I’ve been a midwife for nearly four decades.
I didn’t leave employed practice because I stopped caring.
I left because the version of midwifery I believed in was becoming impossible to practise safely and sustainably.
I went on to build a thriving private midwifery practice and now mentor midwives who already know they’re done with the system but don’t want to lose themselves, their identity, or their ethics in the process of leaving.
This guide is the first step I wish I’d had.
This is for you if:
• You’ve already said “no” to the way it is
• You don’t want to leave midwifery – just the system
• You want clarity, not more stress
• You need a solid framework before strategy
Download the free guide
The First 5 Steps to Create Your Thriving Private Midwifery Practice
