" I'm not questioning the value of midwifery care, more why Sydney midwifery care is so much more 'valuable' in the dollars and sense kind of way?"
Something that hasn't been mentioned is the lack of professional indemnity insurance for midwives. Midwives put their life and all their goods and chattels on the line every time they care for a woman. We are lucky in WA that the Gov. took heed of the continuous lobbying over about 10yrs and "let us" have a free homebirth program. We struggle to keep it. Midwives are indemnified by the Govt insurance, but at the cost of more bureaucracy and restricted options. I am not complaining, just pointing out some of the difficulties. MM
