RE: [ozmidwifery] Fw: PI Insurance - urgent - more interested midwives needed

[jo]

Hi all,   Although not a midwife yet I attended the Sydney meeting with members of ASIM as an HBA rep. The offer to me sounded good in that you are only paying insurance for the actual births you attend. It’s not just a 1 off fee. Therefore if you are a hosp mw who’d like to do a few hb’s a year you only pay insurance for those few you attend and if you are a full time city based hb midwife attended 30 births a year – that’s what you pay for.   The other issue to consider is that this is the only company who are willing to offer insurance to mw’s, there has been a lot of work done on this issue over the past 5 years and no other insurance company has been willing to come to the party. In order for homebirth to move fwd both for mw’s and women in Aus we need to secure insurance – then perhaps the student mw’s may get rights to accompany IPM’s to hb’s, hb mw’s may get rights in hosp to continue their care of the woman should a transfer become necessary, Publicly Funded hb may become a real option for women and it can only be a positive step in terms of raising the profile of IPM’s.   I suggest any mw who would like to raise the profile of the profession and help to make hb a real choice for Australian women register their interest and once the 200 are on a list discussions can begin on how it will all work.   Warm regards Jo Hunter National Convenor HBA HAS Coordinator Innate Birth CBE and doula   From: owner-ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au [mailto:owner-ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au] On Behalf Of Lisa Barrett Sent: Tuesday, 5 September 2006 8:25 AM To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Fw: PI Insurance - urgent - more interested midwives needed   Hi Everyone,   I'm interested to know everyone's thoughts on the PI.  I work solely as an independent and I must be honest I don't think this offer is great.  We shouldn't rush into anything just because we think PI gives us credibility.  I haven't really seen any huge discussion on this anywhere.  Has there been a gathering of Independent's that I missed to go into detail on this offer or even what we want and expect from our insurance?  We don't want to shoot ourselves in the foot yet again in our eagerness to portray ourselves as professionals.    Lisa Barrett ----- Original Message -----     From: Andrea Bilcliff To: Ozmidwifery Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 6:48 PM Subject: [ozmidwifery] Fw: PI Insurance - urgent - more interested midwives needed   FYI...   ----- Original Message ----- From: Robyn Thompson   Please forward this on to as many midwives as possible.   It would be great if more colleagues could contact Dr Barb Vernon, Executive Officer, ACMI as soon as possible to add your names to the list for PI Insurance.  We need 200 before we can start the process, so far there are 90.   Let’s get the PI rolling for the greater good of our profession   Warm regards,  Robyn       [EMAIL PROTECTED]