Hello all, in the land of Ozmidwifery, The Petition (included in the latest AIMS jouranl) requests recognition of midwives as autonomous professionals entitled to access to PI insurance and to the same medical rebates as medical providers of the same maternity service.
You may find the wording of the petition a little unusual, that is because we are following parliamentary policy to ensure that this petition will be presented to the new House of Reps A.S.A.P. after the election. To all those pushing to get birthing on the election stage, Congratulations and keep on going! Remember to take along a petition with you to any places where politicians are campaigning - everytime you raise an issue (written or not) it is supposed to be recorded. You can ask the person, "have you made a note of this issue I'm raising?", just to be sure. Thankyou in advance for forwarding this onto groups and individuals, so that we can raise reams of signed petitions in a short space of time. Love to you all, Toni Cannard, AIMS VP - see Petition wording below Note: I've tried copying the Petition form into an e-mail but it keeps bouncing back. So as a compromise here is just the wording and the return details. You can either copy it into a Word doc and add a table with the headings "NAME" "ADDRESS" "SIGNATURE". OR you can e-mail me requesting I forward the petition to you as an attachment. To Members of the House of Representatives AIMS (Association for Improvements in the maternity services) Australia Inc. members and interested public undersigned ask the house to confirm that currently midwives are not recognised as autonomous practitioners and are not currently entitled to the same medical rebates and federal / state funded professional indemnity insurance schemes as medical providers of the same maternity service. AIMS (Association for Improvements in the maternity services) Australia Inc. members and interested public undersigned pray the house formally recognise midwives as autonomous practitioners working for the public good who must have access to the same medical rebates and federal / state government funded professional indemnity insurance schemes as medical providers of the same maternity service. Insert table here!! Return this petition to AIMS Australia Inc, PO Box 420, Red Hill QLD 4012 or fax to 07 3865 2423 and put original in post. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.
