The devel­op­ment of this col­lab­o­ra­tive posi­tion paper between CATSI­NaM, the Aus­tralian Col­lege of Mid­wives (ACM) and CRANAplus has under­gone exten­sive con­sul­ta­tion and has built on work under­tak­en through a pri­or­i­ty focus from the 2014 CATSI­NaM Annu­al Conference.