Re: Midwifery Insurance Again
What will become of our midwives as this insurance virus spreads ? How can the public trust midwives with birth if the 'powers that be' say they are a high risk group and remove them from practicing? There is potential for a very positive message to be put out about this crisis - and midwives and consumers need to lobby insurance companies as well as governments to understand that it is not childbirth itself which carries high risk, but the depersonalized medical model of care, in which women are often not involved in informed deciision-making about their care or the risks and benefits of alternatives. In NZ the college of midwives has successfully obtained another 3 years of full PI cover for its members, on the strength of a water tight case that insuring midwifery care is a low risk prospect for insurers. The same has successfully been achieved by the WA Community Midwives Program last year, where the argument was put to the WA Government's reinsurer that midwifery by its very nature is low risk, because women who develop complications are referred to specialists for care. Women are also supported by one-to-one midwifery care to take responsibility for their care and their decisions and to be well informed about their choices when complications do arise. The insurer was so persuaded of the merits of these arguments that they blocked moves by the King Edward Memorial Hospital to take over the CMP as a solution to the lack of PI cover for CMP midwives, saying that if the government merged the CMP with the hospital they would withdraw their cover for the Program!! It was the very autonomy of this midwife-led program which the insurer saw as it guarantee of low risk. The National Maternity Action plan (see www.communitymidwifery.iinet.net.au/nmap.html) outlines these issues and recommends that governments embrace the widespread adoption of community midwifery models of care as a major part of the solution to the indemnity crisis affecting maternity services. Obviously it will be necessary to have other measures too to support the continuation of obstetric services for the minority of women who actually need them. But the insurance crisis is a major opportunity for us all to put forward the argument that mainstream, publicly funded access to community midwifery care will go a long way towards addressing the spiraling litigation in obstetrics! Midwives need not and should not be tarred with the same brush as obstetricians! We need to get out there and market what midwives offer as a unique service which women value, which produces good outcomes, and which results in less exposure (of both women and insurers) to risk through greatly reduced rates of intervention. Barb. Dr Barbara Vernon National President The Maternity Coalition -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit http://www.acegraphics.com.au to subscribe or unsubscribe.
FW: looking for a midwife in Byron Bay
If anyone is able to respond to this request, it would be greatly appreciated. Please send your answers to the inquirer, rather than replying to me. Joy Johnston -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 9:35 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:(no subject) Subj: Midwives Date: 22/05/2002 12:23:06 GMT Daylight Time From: A HREF=mailto:Ryansmiles;Ryansmiles/A To: A HREF=mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED];byronchild@byronpublicati ons.com/A Hello I'm writing with a request for help, I wonder if someone could help me get some information. I am five months pregnant and planning to move to Byron Bay at 7 1/2 months. I desperately want to have a home birth but am having a very difficult time trying to find a midwife from my current home in the UK. I wonder if you have any lists of midwives practicing privately in the Byron Bay area or contact details of anyone who might have such a thing. I'm very sorry to bother you, its just that I am finding it very difficult to find anyone and am getting more and more worried as I get bigger and bigger! Many, many thanks Ryan Lowe Subj: Midwives Date: 22/05/2002 12:23:06 GMT Daylight Time From: Ryansmiles To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello I'm writing with a request for help, I wonder if someone could help me get some information. I am five months pregnant and planning to move to Byron Bay at 7 1/2 months. I desperately want to have a home birth but am having a very difficult time trying to find a midwife from my current home in the UK. I wonder if you have any lists of midwives practicing privately in the Byron Bay area or contact details of anyone who might have such a thing. I'm very sorry to bother you, its just that I am finding it very difficult to find anyone and am getting more and more worried as I get bigger and bigger! Many, many thanks Ryan Lowe
Re: Conference
Hi Belinda, I don't know of any specifically (as a first year Bachelor of Midwifery student, I'm new to all of this), but I do know that Capers Bookstore is affiliated with some WONDERFUL sounding conferences. Check out the schedule on their website: www.capersbookstore.com.au Jen --- Belinda Maier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can people let me know if you have heard of any interesting conferences coming up this year?I heard there is a midwifery one coming up in Melbourne???Thanks Belinda __ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit http://www.acegraphics.com.au to subscribe or unsubscribe.
Re: breastfeeding survey tool
search the lactnet archives at http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/lactnet.html Kirsten Blacker - Original Message - From: PaulTracy To: ozmidwifery Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 8:15 PM Subject: breastfeeding survey tool Hi all, Am in search of a tool you may know of to assist me in a survey I would like to conduct on long term breastfeeding rates. Basically I would like to document our ward breastfeeding initiation rate and then follow up our ladies at 6 weeks, 3, 6, 9, 12 months to see what the rates are like then. At 6 weeks I would like to send the ladies a survey to fill in re: their breastfeeding experience ie. did they require assistance on the ward with feeding, was the information they were given useful, conflicting etc.. I know I have seen one of these surveys in a piece of literature I once read but can't seem to find it. Any ideas? I would really appreciate any references you could give me, especially if they are easily obtainable. I am also seeking Jen Byrnes E-mail address and phone number. Kind regard Tracy
RE: Babywise
A midwife taught me about controlled crying when my daughter was but a day old. I find that appalling!! So much for it not being reccomended to babies under 6 weeks. Macha. -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Pinky McKaySent: Wednesday, 22 May 2002 8:15 PMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: Babywise It was the midwife who invited me who passed this latest babywise news to me. I have asked her to please pass on to the coordinator -who incidentally is a good natural person anyway. At the time I went up and had a quiet chat to the couple later and although they were defensive, I suggested they might like to check for articles byMatthew Aney on the internet just so they could see the concerns that were being expressed bymembers of the AAP. Once again - this was their choice and their pregnancy. I think they were terrified of losing control. I dont have any contact details for them so sending this on isnt an option. Iam hearing from many hospital staff etcthat parents are increasingly insisting on the instant solutions/ baby management practiseswhen staff in fact dont want to offer such options and havebeen natural parents themselves(ie birthing and breastfeeding naturally)with their own babies. Pinky
Re: Conference
Dear Belinda, The Australian College of Lactation Consultants has one coming up in Melbourne on June 22nd. It's called Breastfeeding in the Real World - Myths, beliefs and cultural perspectives. Enquiries - Ros Nicol ph (03) 9499 9212 Love, Barb -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit http://www.acegraphics.com.au to subscribe or unsubscribe.
Re: Conference
If you are interested in developing your skills as a midwife, check out the Practical Midwifery events planned for major centres, including Melbourne (and regional ones too) in August and September. The details have been mailed to everyone (snail mail), but you can also find them at: http://www.birthinternational.com/event/index.html The regular round of workshops are to be found at: http://www.birthinternational.com/workshop/index.html The big advantage of Birth International events is that we come to you it saves on travel and makes them a lot less expensive. If you are interested in hosting a workshop or event in your area let us know! The details of the next Future Birth evenbts will be posted shortly too. We have some favourite and exciting overseas speakers lined up for next April! Regards, Andrea At 10:14 22/05/2002, Belinda Maier wrote: Can people let me know if you have heard of any interesting conferences coming up this year?I heard there is a midwifery one coming up in Melbourne???Thanks Belinda - Andrea Robertson Birth International * ACE Graphics * Associates in Childbirth Education e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: www.birthinternational.com -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit http://www.acegraphics.com.au to subscribe or unsubscribe.
A book to read
I have just read "Year of Wonders" by Geraldine Brooks and really enjoyed it. It is set in 1666 and describes the fortunes of an English village during the plague through the eyes of a young woman. There is a story line about midwifery and the views of people of that time in relation to midwifery and how they were accused of being witches (I don't want to give the storyline away). Just thought I'd share that with you. Jackie
Fwd: Re: Re: Closure of Liverpool Team Midwifery Project
X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.411 (Entity 5.404) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Alphia Garrety [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 20:28:35 +1000 Subject: Re: Re: Closure of Liverpool Team Midwifery Project Hi Alphia I read your previous email re team midwifery salaries pack. Unfortunately I am receiving the ozmidwifery but cant repond to it. Could you forward this onto the ozmidwifery line On the Central Coast, NSW (Gosford Wyong Hospitals) the team midwifery programs have negotiated with the hospital and the NSWNA to work out an annualised salary agreement that has been working nicely for over 3 years. Kerry Allen- NUM GCMP has written an article for the NSWNA Lamp Journal (haven't seen it in print yet). The midwives work a roster with A8 shifts for their clinics and postnatal home visits and 12 hour shifts for delivery suite to increase continuity of care with day shift 8am- 8pm and on call 12 hour nights 8pm -8am. They then had the next day as z () shift in called in or come in and help if not called in. Its a credit-debit system with the midwives keeping their own logs on hours. They are paid an annualised salary- not sure about the details re holiday payments etc. They find no one leaves this program and only if some one goes on maternity leave then vacancies become avialable- in other words- very popular. Lyndall Mollart CNC Antenatal Services CCH Alphia Garrety [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was wondering if anyone ever remembers any type of media reports relating to the closure of the Liverpool Team Midwifery Project?? I find it very surprising that I cannot find anything about this closure within the newspaper archives. There had to be some form of publicity? Thanks Alphia At 12:28 PM 21/05/02 +1000, Judy Chapman wrote: They did work out a salary for the Team Midwives in Mackay but that did not stop them from closing us down. We were all paid as level two so they said that it made us too expensive as there were too many level two's around. We worked some call (nights) and flexi time so there was never any overtime or call fees. Had some aggro from the core midwives as they were not level two but then most of them did not take on any of the extra responsability that we did and a large proportion of the core staff were ones who only wanted to come to work, not get stretched too far so stay in the AN PN ward and collect the pay. Forget all about it when you go home. All were given an opportunity to be on a team from the beginning. Cheers Judy From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Closure of Liverpool Team Midwifery Project Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 15:52:26 EDT Why can't they come up with a salary payment method for midwives who work in groups/teams? marilyn Judy Chapman Midwife 07 47490764 _ Join the world's largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit http://www.acegraphics.com.au to subscribe or unsubscribe. Alphia Garrety (Ba. Hons.) PhD. Candidate School of Sociology and Justice Studies Bankstown Campus, University of Western Sydney UWS Locked Bag 1797 South Penrith Distribution Centre NSW 1797 Australia Phone: 02 97726628 Fax: 02 97726584 -- 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.
re: Conference
If you meant conferences, Belinda, perhaps the Evidence Based care one? it's in Melbourne in august. the other one Capers are doing is Noosa (Oct). got an update to say that speakers include Terri Shilling, Carolyn Hastie, Vicky Chan... Anyone else know of more in Melbourne? Sue At 10:14 22/05/2002, Belinda Maier wrote: Can people let me know if you have heard of any interesting conferences coming up this year?I heard there is a midwifery one coming up in Melbourne???Thanks Belinda __ Do You Yahoo!? LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience http://launch.yahoo.com -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit http://www.acegraphics.com.au to subscribe or unsubscribe.
Re: A book to read
Along the lines of books to read- I know you probably already have read it- but The Red Tent by Anita Diamant is another great book when it comes to midwifery and womens bodies. A private practicing midwife recommended it to me and I loved it. Take Care Alphia At 09:33 PM 24/05/2002 +0930, Jackie Kitschke wrote: I have just read Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks and really enjoyed it. It is set in 1666 and describes the fortunes of an English village during the plague through the eyes of a young woman. There is a story line about midwifery and the views of people of that time in relation to midwifery and how they were accused of being witches (I don't want to give the storyline away). Just thought I'd share that with you. Jackie
Re: Conference
OOh, the Evidence Based Care one sounds really good... Where/when/how much? Jo - Original Message - From: Sue Rose [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 24, 2002 11:09 AM Subject: re: Conference If you meant conferences, Belinda, perhaps the Evidence Based care one? it's in Melbourne in august. the other one Capers are doing is Noosa (Oct). got an update to say that speakers include Terri Shilling, Carolyn Hastie, Vicky Chan... Anyone else know of more in Melbourne? Sue At 10:14 22/05/2002, Belinda Maier wrote: Can people let me know if you have heard of any interesting conferences coming up this year?I heard there is a midwifery one coming up in Melbourne???Thanks Belinda __ Do You Yahoo!? LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience http://launch.yahoo.com -- 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.
