Hi JH midwives and other outraged parties,
Forward your views on this to the senate enquiry - late submissions have
been accepted this week...
Marina
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From: Rosalee Shaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Newcastle Midwives Team
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 08:02:52 +1000
** High Priority **
Late last evening the CEO of Hunter Health announced that the John Hunter
Midwives team will be "suspended" from the beginning of September.
Prof McGrath (CEO) has promised that the team will be reinstated when the
financial environment improves.
We have women booked with us up until February, with most months already
fully booked. Our women are very angry, disappointed and distressed. Our
staff are stunned, numb, unbelieving.
>From a professional perspective, I am angry, disappointed and stunned at the
stupidity of such a decision.
The Hunter Area Health Service says the proposal to "suspend" the team came
from the Division of O&G at John Hunter ....... perhaps the midwives were
getting too popular for the boys? Whatever the truth behind the decision, I
am concerned that
a) "suspension" will become permanent despite the retoric
b) other Areas and hospitals will see this as a precedence and happily
follow suit
c) the voice of the consumer - really strong and loud in this - has been
totally ignored
d) the so called committment to quality care and best practice by Hunter
Health has been proven to be empty words.
e) the systemic medical dominance has won, again.
If you can help, please do!
you can email
CEO - Hunter Health Prof McGrath
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
NSW Chief Nurse Judith Meppem
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
write to
Professor W.Walters
Chairman, Division of O&G
John Hunter Hospital
Locked Bag no1
Hunter Region Mail Centre, 2301
or any member of the NSW Parliment.
The midwives on the team can be directly contacted through me
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
regards
rosalee
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