Dear Josie and the list there is a new information package that may be
helpful for you its called "Establishing Models of Continuity of Midwifery
care in Australia: A resource for Midwives and managers." Authors Caroline
Homer, Pat Brodie and Nicky Leap. University of Technology Sydney, published
by the Centre For Family Health and Midwifery, Faculty of Nursing &
Midwifery and Health at the University of Technology Sydney. Send a cheque
for $50:00 to Midwifery Resource Orders the Centre For Family Health and
Midwifery, University of Technology Sydney. Po box 123 broadway Sydney. NSW
2007.
Good luck!
Cheers Jan Prider
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From: Josie Greaves[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, 11 January 2002 13:23
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Rural and Remote Midwifery
Hi everyone,
I am a midwife writing from Ceduna SA. 12 months ago our obstetric
service
was suspended due to lack of qualified GP's. We now have the GP's
with
obstetrics and anaesthetics, but our biggest problem now is a
limited number
of midwives. We only have 4 midwives, which is soon to be reduced to
3 as I
am heading off on maternity leave!!! Of these 3 only 2 are in town
at the
moment, one living 70k's out of town. Our hospital board and
management are
VERY keen to get the service up and running again asap. We have been
given
some money to investigate different models of care that might suit
our
unique situation. We have supportive medical staff as well. I was
wondering
if there is anyone out there that might have some ideas or
suggestions or
similar experiences that might help us towards finding a way to
bring a
midwifery service back to our community. We would be looking at
about 30
deliveries a year, and probably to start with, only multis simply
because
their labours are generally shorter and we don't have the staff to
'hand
over' to at the end of 12 hours.
Any help would be welcome.
I will look forward to hearing from someone soon!!
Cheers,
Josie Greaves
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