NHS Fife Midwife, Katrina Fraser, talks about celebrating a century of midwifery in Scotland

NHS Fife is marking a century of midwifery in Scotland with a special exhibition in the Maternity Unit at Victoria Hospital

The Midwives (Scotland) Act 1915 was passed on 23 December 1915, a time where infant and maternal mortality rates in Scotland were high. The progressive Act regulated midwifery and ensured all midwives practicing in Scotland were sufficiently trained and registered.

The Maternity Unit at the Victoria Hospital is marking the centenary of the Act with an exhibition, which showcases local photographs, equipment and clothing from the last 100 years of the profession.