Hi all,
further to the PI issue, please find pasted below a communication I received
today from Dr. Carmen Lawrence MP.
Yours in birth,
Tina Pettigrew
Birthworks
Independent CBE and aspiring B.Mid Midwife.
Convenor, Aust B. Mid Student Collective.
" As we trust the flowers to open to new life
- So we can trust birth"
Harriette Hartigan.
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Dear Ms Pettigrew
Thank you for your recent email regarding the decision of Guild Insurance
Company to cease its provision of professional indemnity insurance for
independent midwives.
Like you, I believe that the withdrawal of professional indemnity for
midwives is not just a homebirth issue but also one that has the potential
to deny women the choice in their birthing care. I have written to the
Health Minister Dr Wooldridge outlining my concerns and seeking from him an
assurance that he will take immediate action to protect women's access to
continuity of care with a midwife practitioner.
In Western Australia, the Health Minster Bob Kucera recently announced that
the Health Department was negotiating with the Community Midwifery Program
to meet the insurance costs until another private provider was found.
Moreover, Federal Labor's reform package for medical indemnity seeks to have
a Senate Inquiry into Nursing to look at options to ensure that home birth
remains a choice for expectant mothers.
I will contact you again as soon as I get a reply from the Health Minister.
Yours sincerely
Dr Carmen Lawrence
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