Re: [ozmidwifery] End of Caseload at The Angliss

[rem & melissa bruijn]

Title: Re: [ozmidwifery] End of Caseload at The Angliss

Dawn - not sure if this is what you are looking for, but I received team midwifery care at the RHW at Randwick's Birth Centre...and found it to be a flawed system of care.  And ended up with a c/sec.  I would be happy to outline why, as a consumer, I would not accept team care again.  I am not quite sure if this is the model of care you meant (ie a team of midwives share a group of women and you try and make your appts at diff times so you get to meet all the midwives in the team.  Then the midwife you get on the nite you go into labour will hopefully be one you've met.  And she is also responsible for however many other women are in the Birth Centre at the same time.)  LEt me know if I can help you, -- Melissa Birthtalk : Sharing, Empowering, Celebrating Birth ---------- From: Dawn Worgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [ozmidwifery] End of Caseload at The Angliss Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2003 8:45 AM With frustration and disapointment I write to tell you our wonderful case load model is to end at the end of september when our current clients have had their babies.It will have been going for 5 years by then and this sad outcome was  not unexpected.The rationalle is to be able to offer somthing like caseload (which no one desputes is the best model)  in a diluted form to all women instead of the elite few!! but nothing in the way of a new model is yet proposed negotiations between hospital, Doctors and Midwives are yet to begin, and a team aproach is whats being put forward, Hence my long winded email, can those of you in teams please let me know the good and bad points you have found so that I can be informed and pass comments on to those who need to know when setting up a new team modelof care. Thankyou Dawn