Nurses and midwives provide professional care, health advice and support to people at different stages of life. Nurses may work in hospitals, GP practices, clinics, care homes or patients' homes, and can carry out health assessments, monitor symptoms, dress wounds, administer prescribed medicines and support people with long-term conditions, recovery or day-to-day care. Some offer specialist services, such as continence care, health checks or nursing support after an operation. Midwives care for women and families during pregnancy, birth and the weeks after a baby is born. Their work can include antenatal appointments, monitoring the health of mother and baby, supporting labour and birth, postnatal checks and advice on infant feeding and recovery. Services vary according to the practitioner's role and setting. Nurses and midwives practising in the UK must meet the relevant professional requirements and be registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.