Midwifery news
See below for the QNU’s midwifery news:
Using the Business Planning Framework
Some recent disputes highlight that Queensland Health midwives—in whatever model they work—must ensure their employer has provided all the BPF tools required to develop a service profile for each clinical unit/service.
Extending midwife-led models into the community
The QNU have put plans on the table to broaden a trial which would give women greater confidence in choosing a private practice midwife to oversee their pregnancy.
Midwives petition: Midwives save lives
This petition is calling on global leaders to invest more in midwives and health workers with midwifery skills in the right places, at the right time, with the right education, the right support and the right pay.
Respecting and supporting midwife-led continuity of care models
Continuity of care, as a feature of maternity care, is critical for women. There is an increasing demand for midwife-led continuity of care models. There are also many women who choose to access continuity of care from general practitioners and specialist obstetricians.
Birthing On Country
In Indigenous communities, birthing on country is the phrase used by Indigenous families for giving birth where they live, on their traditional lands.
Time to act on Millennium Development Goals
In the December 2010 edition, tqn reported on the slow progress in achieving the United Nations (UN) Millennium Development Goal 5: to improve maternal health by reducing the maternal mortality ratio by 75 per cent by 2015. Now, ANJ reporter Natalie Dragon explains the impediments that were explored at a recent UN conference in Melbourne.
Midwives approved for ‘eligible endorsement’ by NMBA
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia has recently approved the first group of midwives for an eligible notion on their license.
Local maternity services – needed today, needed tomorrow
The National Rural Health Alliance (NRHA) has released a new fact sheet on rural maternity services. According to the NRHA, it is vital to the health of our rural and remote communities that we maintain adequate ante- and post-natal services in local hospitals.
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