SENATE NOTICE OF MOTION June 23 2004 I give notice that, on the next day of sitting, I shall move: That the Senate- a) Acknowledges that midwives have a critical role to play in birthing services, especially given the shortage of obstetricians and increase in invasive caesarean section procedures; b) Notes that: i. There is a chronic shortage of obstetricians, especially in rural, remote and outer suburban areas ii. 60% of births involve no complications and can be safely performed by midwives iii. A 2002 report estimated a national shortage of more than 1800 midwives iv. 386 registered midwives are not currently practicing, primarily due to lack of medical indemnity insurance v. Caesarean sections have been identified by the World Health Organisation as occurring at twice the desirable level vi. Increasingly women are embracing non-medical and non-invasive births c) calls on the Federal Government to: i. recognise that the Victorian Government’s move to fund midwifery birthing units is a positive one ii. move to include midwives in the 2002 Medical Indemnity package to increase the number of registered and practicing midwives iii. increase funding for training services for midwives to address the current shortage Senator Aden Ridgeway Karen Lee Adviser Office of Senator Andrew Bartlett Leader of the Australian Democrats Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600 Ph 02 6277 3321(Canberra) Fax 02 6277 3235 Ph: 07 3001 8933 (CPO Brisbane) Fax: 07 3001 3767 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mbl: 0412 674 476 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.710 / Virus Database: 466 - Release Date: 23/06/2004 Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/Maternitycoalitonmidwives/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://au.docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.
