> >Hi all >Does anyone know why the Senate Committee has been set up. it may help = >with how we put it all together? Is the ACMI putting one together and = >will members have an opportunity to contribute? > > The WA Legislative Assembly held a Select Committee on Intervention in = >Childbirth (1996). It's pretty comprehensive and had some really good = >stuff in it and recommendations some of which were related to private = >practice and other forms of midwifery care. Jill Thompson and I think = >that it may be worthwhile for people especially WA residents to use the = >same recommendations and ask why most of these have never been = >implemented! > >Some of the ones I really liked: >a.. The Health Department of WA (HDWA) should conduct a campaign and = >provide funding to selected consumer education groups to raise public = >awareness of the different models of maternity care available to women = >and to address community attitudes and expectations as a part of public = >health; > a.. The Federal Government should provide Medicare rebates for women = >who choose to be cared for by a midwife in private practice; > a.. Money from the State health budget which might be saved if the = >caesarean section rate is reduced or if more women opt for early = >discharge from hospital must be utilised to provide education programs, = >postnatal domiciliary care programs and funding for the provision of = >alternative birthing services > a.. Professionals working in the area of obstetrics must be familiar = >with recommended best practice which is based on scientific evidence > a.. Research should be conducted into methods of reducing the = >caesarean section rate in older women and there should be educational = >material provided to these women to reassure them of the safety of the = >methods > a.. More research should be done to determine the relationship = >between epidurals and short and long term side -effects. > a.. A special capital works program should be launched with State = >and Federal Health departments and the Lotteries Commission of WA to = >jointly fund the capital requirements to establish new programs of = >models of maternity care which emphasise the role of the midwife and GP = >in the management of low risk pregnancies ..... > b.. Shared care between GPs and midwives with the midwife having the = >lead role in low-risk deliveries should be practised more widely in WA. = >This model facilitates continuity of care and reflects mutual = >recognition of the skills of both midwives and GP obstetricians in the = >provision of maternity services. > Carol > >------=_NextPart_000_00A1_01BECDE5.139E5120 >Content-Type: text/html; > charset="iso-8859-1" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > ><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> ><HTML> ><HEAD> > ><META content=3Dtext/html;charset=3Diso-8859-1 = >http-equiv=3DContent-Type> ><META content=3D'"MSHTML 4.71.1712.3"' name=3DGENERATOR> ></HEAD> ><BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> ><DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Hi all</FONT></DIV> ><DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Does anyone know why the Senate = >Committee has=20 >been set up. it may help with how we put it all together? Is the ACMI = >putting=20 >one together and will members have an opportunity to = >contribute?</FONT></DIV> ><DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> ><DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2> The WA Legislative Assembly = >held a Select=20 >Committee on Intervention in Childbirth (1996). It's pretty = >comprehensive and=20 >had some really good stuff in it and recommendations some of which were = >related=20 >to private practice and other forms of midwifery care. Jill Thompson and = >I think=20 >that it may be worthwhile for people especially WA residents to use the = >same=20 >recommendations and ask why most of these have never been=20 >implemented!</FONT></DIV> ><DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> ><DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Some of the ones I really = >liked:</FONT></DIV> ><UL> > <LI><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2> The Health Department of WA = >(HDWA)=20 > should conduct a campaign and provide funding to selected consumer = >education=20 > groups to raise public awareness of the different models of = >maternity care=20 > available to women and to address community attitudes and = >expectations as a=20 > part of public health;</FONT></LI></UL> ><UL> > <LI><FONT size=3D2>The Federal Government should provide Medicare = >rebates for=20 > women who choose to be cared for by a midwife in private=20 > practice;</FONT></LI></UL> ><UL> > <LI><FONT size=3D2>Money from the State health budget which might be = >saved if=20 > the caesarean section rate is reduced or if more women opt for early = > > discharge from hospital must be utilised to provide education = >programs,=20 > postnatal domiciliary care programs and funding for the provision of = > > alternative birthing services</FONT></LI></UL> ><UL> > <LI><FONT size=3D2><FONT color=3D#000000>Professionals = ></FONT>working in the=20 > area of obstetrics must be familiar with recommended best practice = >which is=20 > based on scientific evidence</FONT></LI></UL> ><UL> > <LI><FONT size=3D2>Research should be conducted into methods of = >reducing the=20 > caesarean section rate in older women and there should be = >educational=20 > material provided to these women to reassure them of the safety of = >the=20 > methods</FONT></LI></UL> ><UL> > <LI><FONT size=3D2>More research should be done to determine = >the=20 > relationship between epidurals and short and long term side=20 > -effects.</FONT></LI></UL> ><UL> > <LI><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>A special capital works program = >should be=20 > launched with State and Federal Health departments and the Lotteries = > > Commission of WA to jointly fund the capital requirements to = >establish new=20 > programs of models of maternity care which emphasise the role of the = >midwife=20 > and GP in the management of low risk pregnancies .....</FONT></LI> > <LI><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Shared care between GPs and = >midwives with the=20 > midwife having the lead role in low-risk deliveries should be = >practised more=20 > widely in WA. This model facilitates continuity of care and reflects = >mutual=20 > recognition of the skills of both midwives and GP obstetricians in = >the=20 > provision of maternity services.</FONT></LI></UL> ><DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT><FONT color=3D#000000=20 >size=3D2>Carol</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> > >------=_NextPart_000_00A1_01BECDE5.139E5120-- > >-- >This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. >Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe. > -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.
