Petition · Department of Health and Social Care
Create legal definition for Maternity Nurse role
Closed
333 signatures
What the petition asks
We call on the Government to set out a legal definition for the non-medical role Maternity Nurse, as the name for the role of caring for parents and babies, privately in the home.
The Government announced in May that they would make it a criminal offence for people who are not qualified as a nurse to use the title. We believe the Maternity Nurse name is a very traditional name, and agree it is non-medical. It refers to a person who supports a Nursing mother and baby. We work privately in the home. We think setting this out in law would let us continue the use of the name Maternity Nurse.
Timeline
| 18 Dec 2025 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 18 Jun 2026 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
333
Status
Closed
Department
Department of Health and Social Care
Opened
18 Dec 2025
Closed
18 Jun 2026
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 5 Aug 2026.