Well done Helen, noticing this in the newspaper. Went to the syte and found
it. I'm so glad Helen you posted the syte here. Here is the information
sought for those that wish to write something.
love, Carolyn
Senate Community Affairs References Committee
INQUIRY INTO CHILDBIRTH PROCEDURES
The Senate has referred the following matter to the Senate Community Affairs
References Committee for inquiry and report by 30 December 1999.
Childbirth procedures, with particular reference to:
(a) the range and provision of antenatal care services to ascertain whether
interventions can be minimised through the development of best practice in
antenatal screening standards;
(b) the variation in childbirth practices between different hospitals and
different states particularly with respect to the level of interventions
such as caesarean birth, episiotomy and epidural anaesthetics;
(c) the variation in such procedures between public and private patients;
(d) any variations in clinical outcomes associated with the variation in
intervention rates, including peri-natal and maternal mortality and
morbidity indicators;
(e) the best practices for safe and effective births being demonstrated in
particular locations and models of care and the desirability of more general
application;
(f) early discharge programs, to ensure their appropriateness;
(g) the adequacy of access, choice, models of care and clinical outcomes for
rural and remote Australians, for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
women and for women of non-English speaking backgrounds;
(h) whether best practice guidelines are desirable, and, if so, how they
should be developed and implemented;
(i) the adequacy of information provided to expectant mothers and their
families in relation to the choices for safe practice available to them; and
(j) the impact of the new Medicare rebate provided for complex births,
including the use of the term �qualified and unqualified neonates� for
funding purposes, and the impact that this has had on improved patient care
and reduction of average gap payments.
Written submissions are invited and should be addressed to:
The Secretary
Senate Community Affairs References Committee
Suite S1 59
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Closing date for the receipt of submissions is 6 August 1999.
For further details contact the Committee Secretary, Phone: (02) 6277 3515,
Fax: (02) 6277 5829.
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Last reviewed 30 June 1999
Commonwealth of Australia
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