Implementation Support

IFS Wales follows a model proven through the successful national rollout of PROMPT Wales: centrally coordinated, locally delivered and multiprofessionally facilitated. The programme is designed and maintained by the IFS Wales National Team, funded by the Welsh Risk Pool, and delivered locally within each Health Board by trained multiprofessional faculty teams comprising midwives and obstetric doctors.

Local faculty are supported by the National Team, particularly during early implementation. Three Faculty Development Days have been held to date, building a faculty database of 95 facilitators across NHS Wales.

IFS Wales National Standards

Health Boards are required to meet the following standards:

• Identify all eligible midwives and obstetric doctors annually and submit this information to the Welsh Risk Pool. Locum, agency and student staff should have equitable access.
• Deliver the IFS Wales programme face to face using standardised national resources. Sufficient training dates must be planned to enable all identified staff to attend annually. Any local adaptations require prior written approval from the IFS Wales National Team.
• Maintain an adequate multiprofessional facilitation team of midwives and obstetric doctors, all of whom have attended an IFS Wales Faculty Development event or received approved alternative training. Faculty members should facilitate the programme at least twice per year.
• Ensure a minimum of 95% of identified midwives and obstetric doctors attend the full IFS Wales programme annually. Attendance at alternative local or external fetal monitoring courses does not constitute compliance with this standard.

The National Team acts in a supportive capacity to all Health Boards, providing implementation guidance, resources and ongoing quality assurance to maintain standardisation across Wales.