Suturing I started at the end of my training and completed the package very early on in my career. It may sound odd, but I actually quite enjoy doing it!

The trust where I work are very supportive with regards to training midwives to suture and there are always lots of experienced midwives happy to give advise, which was a great help.

I am mentoring, but have not yet done the course. I am booked onto this in September. So, in the short term I can only do a certain amount of the paperwork for my student. She has a second mentor who is more experienced than me and can support me, as well as do more documentation for my student and attend tripartites etc.

The other "extended skill" that I need to do is IV drugs. I did book onto the course, but there are not enough staff in the unit that week to enable me to attend, due to annual leave. I will do it, one day.

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