Fw: Professional Indemnity (PI) Insurance for midwives - for distribution
- Original Message - From: Denise Hynd [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Bronwyn CMWA Keys [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2001 3:33 PM Subject: Re: Professional Indemnity (PI) Insurance for midwives - for distribution Dear All Feel free to adapt my letter as below Denise Mr Brian Benger National Manager Guild Insurance Locked Bag 7 HAWTHORN VIC 3122 12 July 2001 Dear Mr Benger, I am writing to express my disappointment at the decision and manner in which Guild Insurance is to cease insuring independent midwives for the following reasons; Firstly I know that this arrangement with the Australian College of Midwives was made in concert with the Australian College of Nursing and the Australian-New Zealand Mental Health Nurses Association, yet it appears to be only the midwives Guild Insurance is ceasing to insure! Secondly I understand that many of the midwives who are affected by this decision have heard news of it through either the media or their colleagues and some through anxious clients being informed by the former! Thirdly because of your involvement with midwives and their professional organisation your company must be aware of the many of the professional and social obstacles Australian midwives and families who choose to provide/access safe responsible homebirth have and continue to encounter, yet you gave them no notice of your intention to create another! Fourthly this decision not only restricts the future legal practice of 80+ professionals but also places them at multiple risks should they continue to meet their present agreements with pregnant women due to birth before an alternative insurer can be found. Fifthly your company should also be cognisant of the limited and prohibitive options for midwives needing or wishing to stay insured but again you have taken this action with no notice. Sixthly you take an action which is contrary to the research substantiated social, health and therefore financial benefits of midwifery options of care, social capital benefits for all including the insurance industry! Finally I am disappointed that Guild has contributed to the general misinformation and scare campaign about birth being a highly litigious area (your General Manager, Mr David Brown's statement in The Sydney Morning Herald) without substantiation and contrary to the findings of the National Tito Report. Rather your company should be aware and promoting the reality that whenever families have been able to equitably access midwifery options of care they have done so in numbers which usually exceed supply (eg Community Midwifery Program WA, most Australian birth centres and midwifery team projects)! Additionally where such options are available universally (eg Netherlands and New Zealand) these nations have the lowest levels of mother and newborn morbidity and mortality which are extras health cost savings to the accompanying lower levels of interventionist pregnancy and childbirth care. It is a sad indication of the short sighted nature and management of the insurance industry and of your company in particular that you abandon insuring the most cost effective maternity care practitioners, as recognised by international research and the WHO, because currently you are making insufficient profits from them! Thus I urge you to reconsider your decision and return to support the right of birthing families to low intervention, women centred options of care. Yours sincerely Denise Hynd - Original Message - From: Johnston [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ozmidwifery list (E-mail) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2001 11:55 AM Subject: Professional Indemnity (PI) Insurance for midwives - for distribution ***The person who sends this should add their own contact details if they are prepared to speak to the politician or media or whoever it is sent to. A joint statement by consumer and professional groups: The Maternity Coalition Inc, Australian Society of Independent Midwives, and the Association for Improvements in the Maternity Services. PRESS RELEASE 14 July 2001 Re: Professional Indemnity (PI) Insurance for midwives Midwifery practice and the options women have for birth have been thrown into chaos by the crisis caused by the withdrawal of Guild Insurance from midwife PI Insurance policies. This is an issue that will affect all midwifery. The impact of this crisis will be to disadvantage women and their families across the country, as midwifery services will be withdrawn and further marginalised. We seek immediate intervention from both federal and state governments, to enable midwives to continue practising. Many concessions have been made in recent months to obstetric models of care, encouraging pregnant women to give birth in private hospitals, and promising to reduce the gap in rebates for doctors' fees. At the same time the basic option
Re: Fw: Professional Indemnity (PI) Insurance for midwives - for distribution
Fantastic letter Denise Yours in birth, Tina Pettigrew Birthworks Independent CBE and aspiring B.Mid Midwife. Convenor, Aust B. Mid Student Collective. As we trust the flowers to open to new life - So we can trust birth Harriette Hartigan. --- -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit http://www.acegraphics.com.au to subscribe or unsubscribe.
Re: Research Critique??
I am concerned at this report in the BMJ it is contrary to so much other research and expereince of those who have done VBAC's Can anyone see how such contradictory findings can be disputed ?? I have to go back to my files to relearn research critque analysis skills!! Denise http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/323/7304/68 Vaginal delivery after caesarean section triples risk of uterine rupture Deborah Josefson San Francisco ICAN (International Caesarean Awareness Network) sent me this request. Any response would be appreciated. -- Forwarded Message From: Connie Banack [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2001 21:06:21 -0600 To: Jackie Mawson [EMAIL PROTECTED], Subject: VBAC-lash in the media Hello ICAN Advisory Board members, Most of you, especially in the US, have probably heard or even seen the New England Journal of Medicine study just released on uterine rupture statistics. The media has been, for the most part, portraying the great risk of VBAC vs ERCS based on this study, while the true nature of it was to prove the increased risk of induction with VBAC (which it did). We sent a quick press release (if any of you have not received it, please let me know) to the media last week outlining our stance on the subject. I would be honoured if any of you could send me quotes, your own articles/media releases, and/or thoughts on this study as we continue to enlighten and educate regarding the safety of VBAC vs ERCS. Thank you each and every one of you for your support of ICAN and it's work. Warmly, Connie Banack, president International Cesarean Awareness Network, Inc. (ICAN) -- End of Forwarded Message Birthing Beautifully, Jackie Mawson. Convenor of Birthrites: Healing After Caesarean Inc. Visit our Website at: http://www.birthrites.org Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: 61 08 9418 8949 Please note I am not a Professional Healthcare Provider, and all opinions given in this email are not to be taken as medical, or legal, advice. Please seek such advice from the relevant professional service. Email me your postal details for a FREE copy of our quarterly magazine, if you live within Australia - Overseas postage costs are above budget, sorry! Too many Gods; so many creeds, Too many paths that wind and wind, When just the art of being kind Is all the sad world needs... -- -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit http://www.acegraphics.com.au to subscribe or unsubscribe.
assignment
Dear all on the list, I am back again eagerly checking my E-mail and enjoying reading the letters that are posted on this list each day.I always leave my computer feeling proud to be a midwife and inspired to change the world after reading your fabulous words of wisdom. I work as a clinical midwife in a country hospital in W.A..and plan to have my firstchild under the midwifery model, with the communitymidwives in Perth (when I decide to fall pregnant!!!)I, like many others out there, am so disappointed with the Guild insurance dilemma. What also upsets me is the fact that midwives I work with make comment that loosing this insuranceis a good thing and that it will finally put those "maverick midwives" out of practice. I guess I can accept some negative comments from the uninformed public but when coming from our own backyard I find itmore difficult and frustrating to handle. So, I have been printing off some of the articles you amazing people have written and pinning them up in our office to read, with the hope that it may open up some rather narrow minded attitudes around here. I sometimes wonder how we will ever achieve the system that we all dream of when many of our own kind are the greatest antagonists! On another note, I am wondering if any of you scholars out there can help me with my next unit of study. I am a midwife completing my final unit of the Bachelor of Nursing (ECU) (I am converting my diploma into a degree). This unit is Role Application in Nursing NSP2211 and involves a self directed contract for the duration of the semester. I need tochoose a topic that theory can be applied to and that will help me develop further as a midwife. I then need to formulate a statement of intent, learning objectives and carry out the contract. Do any of you have any ideas that aren't too difficult but are relevant to midwifery?. I have written a breastfeeding policy for our ward and am wondering if I can incorporate that at all. I would greatly appreciate any input you may have. Yours sincerely Tracy
For interest.
Title: For interest. For interest. From ABC Online ... BB Jackie Mawson. === ABC Health-Updates, July 12, 2001 Health-Updates is a weekly alert about recent ABC health coverage now available online. Information on how to subscribe can be found at: http://www.abc.net.au/health/subscribe.htm LOW-DOSE EPIDURALS BEST (Health News: 9/7/2001) The use of traditional-style epidurals for pain relief during childbirth may not be justified, according to a new report. http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/health/HealthRepublish_324833.htm = SCIENTISTS DISCOVER NEW IVF TECHNIQUE (PM: 11/7/2001) Scientists in Melbourne have discovered a way to make human eggs fertile without the need for sperm. The technique could help infertile couples, and lesbians who want to have children without the need for a father. But the revolutionary procedure is not without its critics, and is still a long way off guaranteeing the birth of live, genetically healthy babies. http://www.abc.net.au/pm/s327461.htm http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/s327678.htm HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE IN YOUNG ADULTS AND WORKING PREGNANT WOMEN (The Health Report: 9/7/2001) Bad news for the under 40s who think they don't yet have to worry about hypertension: a 25-year study in the US has found that higher than normal blood pressure at this age has a big impact on the risk of heart disease. And for young women who are pregnant, a Melbourne study shows that for most women, paid work is not a problem - but those who already have high blood pressure, and those who find their job stressful, could be at risk of complications. http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/helthrpt/stories/s326315.htm === VITAMIN A IN PREGNANCY (The Health Report: 9/7/2001) One of the causes of kidney problems in children may be problems during pregnancy with Vitamin A. Research in the US shows that even mild deficiencies could lead to hidden abnormalities in the kidneys and urogenital tract. http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/helthrpt/stories/s326333.htm == NURSES: DOUBLE SHIFTS, DOUBLE DANGER (Background Briefing: 8/7/2001) Why is the great caring vocation of nursing losing so many of its once idealistic young recruits? Problems include impossible workloads, enormous responsibility and the heartache of not having the time to meet patients' needs. It's also dangerous, as last week's events tragically showed. http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing/stories/s326521.htm === Birthing Beautifully, Jackie Mawson. Convenor of Birthrites: Healing After Caesarean Inc. Visit our Website at: http://www.birthrites.org Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: 61 08 9418 8949 Please note I am not a Professional Healthcare Provider, and all opinions given in this email are not to be taken as medical, or legal, advice. Please seek such advice from the relevant professional service. Email me your postal details for a FREE copy of our quarterly magazine, if you live within Australia - Overseas postage costs are above budget, sorry! Too many Gods; so many creeds, Too many paths that wind and wind, When just the art of being kind Is all the sad world needs... --
Fw: [BMidStudentCollective] Collective Housekeeping
-Original Message- From: Denise love [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Saturday, 14 July 2001 8:39 Subject: Re: [BMidStudentCollective] Collective Housekeeping Hello all, Looking forward to tomorrow. Baby naming cermony and the burying of the placenta. The baby is 5 months old, and Mum now feels she has an understanding of some of the skills required to parent this delightful little boy, and is capable of nurturing him herself, so it's time for the ceremony to complete the pregnancy and birth, and move into the next phase. I love conducting these gathering..so uplifting and joyous! Time for the next Doula Training course for all the budding midwives...26th July!! Let me know if your interested. Had a great meeting with the powers that be relating to the NSW BMid. There was some suggestions that the enrolments for Sydney are also huge! Looking forward to meeting some of you at that course. The course is also available by correspondence, with a 1 day workshop in MELB, BRISBANE. Let me know if you are interested. Denise Love LifeOptions - Centre for Lifelong Learning Doula Express 02 9386 5373 www.e-lifeoptions.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit http://www.acegraphics.com.au to subscribe or unsubscribe.
Re: Caesareans don't prevent incontinence
Can you believe what his last words were ??? How silly !!! Why no mention of pelvic floor exercises in the entire article ??? Goodness me! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Saturday, 14 July 2001 9:57 Subject: Caesareans don't prevent incontinence Hi all, thought it may be of interest. From Science news, Nonee Walsh ABC Science on-line Yours in birth, Tina Pettigrew Birthworks Independent CBE and aspiring B.Mid Midwife. Convenor, Aust B. Mid Student Collective. As we trust the flowers to open to new life - So we can trust birth Harriette Hartigan. --- Caesarians don't prevent incontinence Tuesday, 28 November 2000 Caesarean birth. Pic: Adelaide Womens and Children's Hospital The belief that vaginal childbirth is a major cause of urinary incontinence has received a major blow, with a population study showing a woman's risk of urinary incontinence is not significantly reduced by electing to have a Caesarean birth. This study supports the probability that it is the hormones of pregnancy, such as relaxin, which cause the damage said Associate Professor Alastair MacLennan of Adelaide University Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. That hormone relaxes the connective tissues during pregnancy, and never quite puts them back to the virgin state. The damage has already happened, its not just during the hours of labour he told ABC Science Online. The prevalence of pelvic floor problems, such as stress or urge incontinence, or intra-vaginal prolapse was found to be 42% in women who had one or more vaginal deliveries, as opposed to 35% prevalence in women who'd had Caesarean delivery. Pelvic floor exercises and surgery can help, said Professor MacLennan, but unless mothers avoid giving birth, by means such as adoption, future pelvic floor problems after pregnancy are very likely, he said. The cross-sectional population survey was conducted through the South Australian Department of Human Services annual epidemiological survey. It involved more than 3,000 people and found that women in general suffer more than men when it come to incontinence. The study highlights the overall problem of incontinence for women. Even those who have never had children are four times as likely as men to have stress incontinence. Women have a 52% chance of stress incontinence after the age of 50. The survey highlights the high prevalence and major social impact of pelvic floor prolapse and incontinence in our society, said MacLennan. It is a silent epidemic, as those with the problem are often embarrassed to talk about it, he said. Urinary incontinence was found in 4% of men, but in 35% of women aged from 15 to 95, increasing to 50% among older women. More than 14% of women were found to suffer from rectal incontinence of flatus or faeces, while fewer than 10% of men suffered from the same conditions. Other health factors associated with pelvic floor disorders were found to be weight, coughing, osteoporosis, arthritis, and reduced quality of life. The results of the study are being published this month in the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. It will also feature in the December issue of Climacteric, the journal of the International Menopause Society. McLennan says there are two associations with low incontinence rates, It's better not to have a baby, and it's better to be a man. -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit http://www.acegraphics.com.au to subscribe or unsubscribe. -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit http://www.acegraphics.com.au to subscribe or unsubscribe.
Trust Kits.
Title: Trust Kits. Hi Guys, Just thought Id let you know about these. They are from NZ, has anyone heard of them before? They sound great, and the information about them was emailed to me from a woman in America! See below... BB Jackie Mawson. BTW have you heard of/seen the common knowledge trust kits out of Takaka, NZ? www.commonknowledgetrust.com http://www.commonknowledgetrust.com I just received one and they are very good... I am reading the book right now (book, video, audio in kit) and am SO excited about it!! Birthing Beautifully, Jackie Mawson. Convenor of Birthrites: Healing After Caesarean Inc. Visit our Website at: http://www.birthrites.org Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: 61 08 9418 8949 Please note I am not a Professional Healthcare Provider, and all opinions given in this email are not to be taken as medical, or legal, advice. Please seek such advice from the relevant professional service. Email me your postal details for a FREE copy of our quarterly magazine, if you live within Australia - Overseas postage costs are above budget, sorry! Too many Gods; so many creeds, Too many paths that wind and wind, When just the art of being kind Is all the sad world needs... --
Re: assignment
Dear Tracey You are already on the way to that unit's completion as "an agent of change"so why not look at and apply change theory to to your work environment??You are bringing your colleagues up to evidence not habit babsed theory in midwifery. If CMWA is so maverick why has the state and federal govt backed them finacially??Ask the Admiinistrator for copies of the research findings and program annalysis to post in your work place. wonderful to hear from you Denise - Original Message - From: Paul Tracy To: ozmidwifery Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2001 4:54 PM Subject: assignment Dear all on the list, I am back again eagerly checking my E-mail and enjoying reading the letters that are posted on this list each day.I always leave my computer feeling proud to be a midwife and inspired to change the world after reading your fabulous words of wisdom. I work as a clinical midwife in a country hospital in W.A..and plan to have my firstchild under the midwifery model, with the communitymidwives in Perth (when I decide to fall pregnant!!!)I, like many others out there, am so disappointed with the Guild insurance dilemma. What also upsets me is the fact that midwives I work with make comment that loosing this insuranceis a good thing and that it will finally put those "maverick midwives" out of practice. I guess I can accept some negative comments from the uninformed public but when coming from our own backyard I find itmore difficult and frustrating to handle. So, I have been printing off some of the articles you amazing people have written and pinning them up in our office to read, with the hope that it may open up some rather narrow minded attitudes around here. I sometimes wonder how we will ever achieve the system that we all dream of when many of our own kind are the greatest antagonists! On another note, I am wondering if any of you scholars out there can help me with my next unit of study. I am a midwife completing my final unit of the Bachelor of Nursing (ECU) (I am converting my diploma into a degree). This unit is Role Application in Nursing NSP2211 and involves a self directed contract for the duration of the semester. I need tochoose a topic that theory can be applied to and that will help me develop further as a midwife. I then need to formulate a statement of intent, learning objectives and carry out the contract. Do any of you have any ideas that aren't too difficult but are relevant to midwifery?. I have written a breastfeeding policy for our ward and am wondering if I can incorporate that at all. I would greatly appreciate any input you may have. Yours sincerely Tracy
Re: email listsNATIONALcapmaign!
Dear All Time to make this a national election issue demand we have equity of access to midwifery options as per NZ Thank you for the tools to start this email campaign to complemeent what is already happening. alos I would like it to become a topic for 4 corners! Denise Dear All, Roslyn Donnellan-Fernandez has kindly sent me these politicians email adresses to assist in sending messages of complaint re: midwifery insurance. etc. I immediately thought everyone on the lists would be delighted to make full use of them now during this election year. Won't they get a surprise when they all receive a thousand complaints from all of us :-) Thankyou Ros warm regards everyone Julie Clarke --Here's federal polies' email addresses by party - I'll get it up on the Activist Handbook web page asap - in the meantime, see http://216.92.140.78/Action/Resources/federal_emails.htm for details of HOW TO USE THE LISTS REPS ALP [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] REPS INDEPENDENT [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] REPS LIB [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] REPS NAT [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] SENATE ALP [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] SENATE COUNTRY LIB [EMAIL PROTECTED] SENATE DEMS [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] SENATE GREENS [EMAIL PROTECTED] SENATE LIBS [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: NZ Birthing Common KnowledgeTrust Kits by Wintergreen
Title: Trust Kits. Hi Jackie, Yes I purchased my own copy of the NZ Common Knowledge Trust Kit at the National Assocation of Childbirth Educators Conference in QLD earlier this year. It consists of book, video and cassette tape. I bought it as soon as I saw it was Wintergreen's. She had told me in the past that she was working with number of other wise women on a very special project designed to be beneficial for all who work in the field of birth. I knew it would be great. It's one of those things I just had to have :-) I had met Wintergreen and attended her talks and workshops previously at conferences and found her to be such a wonderful wise woman. I also had the good fortune to spend some time alone with her and another educator and she passed down some of her knowledge to us at the Byron Bay Homebirth Australia conference a while back. It was there that she told me of her special project. The kit is also very suitable for pregnant women and their partners to help them prepare for the birth of their baby. It is done with great clarity and sensitivity. It is presented very professionally, and in the style that appeals to the broader community, it's non threatening, easy to understand, yet able to deal with difficult issues. As soon as I saw her at the NACE conference I remembered her telling me about it, so I bought it straight away, without hesitation knowing it would be good and it is. :-) She is such a wonderful inspiration. She is one of many very special people we have in our birthing community. It has caused me to review some of the aspects of my teaching in childbirth education sessions. Just one example: on the audio tape Wintergreen describes peri massage really well - I have changed my description of it in my classes and feel more confident now that couples will understand it better. See below in Jackie's message for the website address if you are interested. Andrea I think it would be a good stock item for you to include too. Warm regards everyone, Julie Clarke -Original Message-From: Jackie Mawson [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: Ozmidwifery List [EMAIL PROTECTED]Date: Sunday, 15 July 2001 11:41Subject: Trust Kits.Hi Guys,Just thought Id let you know about these. They are from NZ, has anyone heard of them before? They sound great, and the information about them was emailed to me from a woman in America! See below...BB Jackie Mawson.BTW have you heard of/seen the common knowledge trust kits out of Takaka, NZ? www.commonknowledgetrust.com http://www.commonknowledgetrust.com I just received one and they are very good... I am reading the book right now (book, video, audio in kit) and am SO excited about it!!Birthing Beautifully,Jackie Mawson.Convenor of Birthrites: Healing After Caesarean Inc.Visit our Website at: http://www.birthrites.orgEmail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Phone: 61 08 9418 8949Please note I am not a Professional Healthcare Provider, and all opinions given in this email are not to be taken as medical, or legal, advice. Please seek such advice from the relevant professional service.Email me your postal details for a FREE copy of our quarterly magazine, if you live within Australia - Overseas postage costs are above budget, sorry!Too many Gods;so many creeds,Too many pathsthat wind andwind,When just the artof being kindIs all the sadworld needs...--
midwives' insurance - lobby tally
To everyone who is sending letters and press releases, please keep ozmidwyfery informed of who has received information. I will copy the wording of the press release that is being sent jointly by Maternity Coalition, ASIM and AIMS at the end of this message. The current tally that I know about stands at: * Sydney Channel 7 * ACT TV stations * Guild Insurance Press Release Faxed or emailed to * Health Aged Care (commonwealth) * ACMI * DHS (Vic) - Nurse Practitioner committee * Nurses Board of Vic * Nursing Review * Radio National * The Age (vic) * Herald Sun (vic) * Health Dept magazine (vic) Melbourne TV and radio stations (I have a list which I am about to work on now) A joint statement by consumer and professional groups: The Maternity Coalition Inc, Australian Society of Independent Midwives, and the Association for Improvements in the Maternity Services. PRESS RELEASE 14 July 2001 Re: Professional Indemnity (PI) Insurance for midwives Midwifery practice and the options women have for birth have been thrown into chaos by the crisis caused by the withdrawal of Guild Insurance from midwife PI Insurance policies. This is an issue that will affect all midwifery. The impact of this crisis will be to disadvantage women and their families across the country, as midwifery services will be withdrawn and further marginalised. We seek immediate intervention from both federal and state governments, to enable midwives to continue practising. Many concessions have been made in recent months to obstetric models of care, encouraging pregnant women to give birth in private hospitals, and promising to reduce the gap in rebates for doctors' fees. At the same time the basic option of continuity of care from a known midwife - THE model that is strongly supported by research evidence - is being withdrawn. This is totally unacceptable. It defies logic, removes the midwife's livelihood, is not in the interests of the consumer, and is causing great distress to women who have made plans to give birth in the care of a midwife. Signed by Joy Johnston, a midwife representing the Maternity Coalition Inc [Tel: 03 9808 9614] Robin Payne, a consumer representing the Maternity Coalition Inc [Tel:03 9380 2863] Jan Robinson, a midwife representing Australian Society of Independent Midwives [Tel: 02 9546 4350] Toni Cannard, a consumer representing Association for Improvements in the Maternity Services [Tel: 03 3265 4137] Fact sheet: * Birth is not an illness. Internationally accepted best practice standards for optimal maternity services promote care by a known midwife during pregnancy, birth, and early parenting. This is fundamental to the definition of a midwife: one who provides primary care for women throughout the pregnancy and birth, and who collaborates with other practitioners (such as obstetric specialists) when a woman requires specialist or secondary levels of care. * The focus of the midwife's care is the woman, as an individual. The wellbeing and safety of the woman and her baby are paramount, and data from Australian and international reporting support midwifery care as protecting the safety of the woman and child. * Australian women have very limited access to the optimal standard of care. This is due to many social and professional factors, including the progressive medicalisation of pregnancy and birth over many years, together with the government funding monopoly that supports medical primary care and excludes most midwifery options of care. * A recent Australian Society of Independent Midwives (ASIM) survey of members revealed most of the membership was insured with Guild; two have been without insurance since their policies expired recently, and the rest will gradually become uninsured as their policies expire. A small proportion of ASIM midwives are insured with ANF (Australian Nursing Federation) Victoria and so far they are unaffected. There were five members who carried no professional insurance whatsoever. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN INSURANCE RUNS OUT? For those midwives no longer insured, there are two alternatives; * cease their private clinical practice, thereby requiring the women booked with them to make other arrangements, as well as the midwives losing their livelihood. * continue to practice without PI insurance ... this will mean that midwives who did have visiting/admitting rights in hospitals will no longer be able to attend their clients in hospitals and therefore reduce women's choice of birth venues to homebirth only. If an Independently Practising Midwife (IPM) always acts as a reasonable midwife would in any situation then they are unlikely to face a malpractice suit. However, the person who ultimately suffers when there are adverse outcomes is the woman who has a damaged baby and if there is no insurance the woman has little hope of any financial assistance for the rest of her baby's life. * We seek immediate action to address this
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Re: midwives' insurance - lobby tally
Joy, Its not clear, should everyone be sending the press release to whoever they choose?? Has it been sent to Senator Crowley who thinks that birth issues are a national concern or Michael Wooldridge?? Please clarify. Liz McAlpine [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit http://www.acegraphics.com.au to subscribe or unsubscribe.
Fw: Natioanl Injustice and Travesty
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