3. Becoming a midwife - protecting the public through disclosure and barring service checks

Becoming a midwife is the 16th series of 'Midwifery basics'targeted at practising midwives and midwifery students. The aim of these articles is to provide information to raise awareness of the impact of professionalism on women's experience, consider the implications for midwives' practice and encourage midwives to seek further information through a series of activities relating to the topic. This article looks at the need for a Disclosure and barring service (DBS) check; issues that can arise through this are used to demonstrate challenges that may affect students during recruitment or while awaiting clearance. This shows how the public are protected during recruitment procedures.