[ozmidwifery] Communities should pay for obstetrician's medical indemnity insurance????
http://www.abc.net.au/news/items/200608/1721677.htm?southwestvic It has been suggested that councils and rural communities should pay obstetrician's indemnity insurance to address the crisis in obstetric services in country areas. The federal Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Pru Goward, says the high cost of insurance is a major disincentive for doctors delivering babies in the regions. Ms Goward, who was speaking in Wagga in western New South Wales, says communities must put pressure on MPs to have the issue addressed and consider the option of paying insurance premiums themselves. "If rural areas want obstetricians or people licensed to deliver babies in their towns then maybe the local council, the local community, the local hospital, the State Government and the Federal Government have got to be the ones to pay the professional indemnity insurance for them so that it no longer becomes a cost that puts them off working in country towns," she said.
[ozmidwifery] Granuloma umbilicus
Hi everyone, My clients baby boy is 6 1/2weeks old has a Granuloma Umbilicus. She has been told by the Drto treat it with Silver Nitrate (stick from the chemist) that it should drop off in 3 - 5 days. She wondered if there were any effective natural ways to treat it... she read online about sea salt.If not S.N was used, is it possible that it could burn the skin surrounding the granuloma? Could the SN leak into the surrounding tissue? Are there any possible complications that may not have been mentioned to her? Thanks Natalie Innate Birth Childbirth Education Birth Support 4757 2080 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [ozmidwifery] Granuloma umbilicus
Silver Nitrate is the go Natalie Most medicos recommend it and it works. However have seen one woman who did not want to put anything on it and left it to dry and eventually shriveled up into a smaller mass inside the umbi. She put small piece of plastic under nappy to protect it and left it exposed to air for a good five minutes every time nappy changed. Blow dry with hairdryer after bath or other wetting. It took about three weeks to grow good skin over raw areas. Jan Jan Robinson Independent Midwife Practitioner National Coordinator Australian Society of Independent Midwives 8 Robin Crescent South Hurstville NSW 2221 Phone/Fax: 02 9546 4350 e-mail address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> website: www.midwiferyeducation.com.au On 23 Aug, 2006, at 20:52, Natalie Dash wrote: Hi everyone, My clients baby boy is 6 1/2 weeks old has a Granuloma Umbilicus. She has been told by the Dr to treat it with Silver Nitrate (stick from the chemist) that it should drop off in 3 - 5 days. She wondered if there were any effective natural ways to treat it... she read online about sea salt. If not S.N was used, is it possible that it could burn the skin surrounding the granuloma? Could the SN leak into the surrounding tissue? Are there any possible complications that may not have been mentioned to her? Thanks Natalie Innate Birth Childbirth Education Birth Support 4757 2080 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [ozmidwifery] Insurance for midwives
Thanks Dianne for sending this on after making your enquiries. Twice I have replied to this ozmid list to give further details and both times it hasn't made it to the list - very frustrating! It is very important though, that we respond to this so they (ACMI) know how many of us would be interested in this insurance. Cheers, Joanne. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of diane Sent: Tuesday, 22 August 2006 8:25 PM To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Insurance for midwives Thanks Barb, Is there any move toward credentialling in Queensland? I am moving there in November but would have credentialled here in NSW if I had, had the time before I go. Cheers Di - Original Message - From: Dr Barbara Vernon [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 5:35 PM Subject: FW: [ozmidwifery] Insurance for midwives Dear Dianne and all, I'm sorry if the information I have provided is not clear. Happy to provide more information to anyone interested if you want to email me directly. We have posted some information about the Contracting Advantage Service on our website today. Under What's News on the home page. www.acmi.org.au http://www.acmi.org.au/ The reference below to all areas of practice refers to antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care. The reference to 'in all settings' refers to hospitals, the rooms of GPs or specialists, and the community (including homebirth). As this company, Contracting Advantage, offers business support services to a host of contractors, it operates on a commission basis, whereby it provides insurances (Professional indemnity, workers compensation and public liability, if midwives want all of these) as well as taking up BAS reporting requirements to the tax office. So instead of having to do quarterly BAS statements, contractors using this service have 20% flat tax deducted from the fee for each service they provide and paid by Contracting Advantage to the tax office on their behalf. These services are provided for a commission of 5%. The attractive thing about this service is that it will provide midwives with the flexibility to embark on a small private practice around the commitments they might have in an employed position with minimum costs. For example, a midwife working in a hospital, might wish to drop back to a 0.8 load, and pick up some private postnatal care, following women discharged from hospital by providing private care to them in their homes. Or a midwife might wish to offer private antenatal classes around her employed responsibilities to a hospital or health service. Re the impending Medicare item number that the federal government proposes to introduce for women in rural and remote areas, midwives wishing to offer women antenatal care could sign up with Contracting Advantage, obtain professional indemnity and then 'consult' GP practices in their district on a contracting basis instead of having to be employed. Thus a rural midwife might have 3 or 4 GP practices she visits at agreed times and days to provide the antenatal care to the GP's clients. The GP would claim these services on Medicare and pay the midwife a fee for her service. This model creates the potential for midwives to retain greater professional autonomy and responsibility in providing such care, and is expressly provided for in the description for the new antenatal item number. Anyone wanting more information about the Contracting Advantage service is welcome to phone me at the College, or send me an email. Kind regards, Barb Dr Barbara Vernon Executive Officer Australian College of Midwives 1/97 Northbourne Ave, TURNER ACT Ph +61 2 6230 7333 Mob 0438 855 529 From: diane [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 21 August 2006 2:20:05 PM To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Insurance for midwives Reply-To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au I emailed ACMI and got this response. Still not sure vwhat it means and will ask them to clarify, especially all areas of practice in all settings Cheers, Di Your interest in this insurance option is welcome. I have added your name to the list of interested midwives. We need 200 midwives before CA will purchase the indemnity. It will cover all areas of practice in all settings for between $10-$20m I'm advised. You don't need to have a business name or even an ABN to sign on with them. There's no cost for signing on to their books, and you only pay them anything as you work and use the PI cover. Once we have 200 we'll forward them to CA who will approach people directly. If you'd like them, the direct details for the CA are below: Anne O'Connor [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.contractingadvantage.com 0416 728 886 Dr Barbara Vernon Executive Officer Australian College of Midwives 1/97
RE: [ozmidwifery] Sex to bring on labour
Hi Amanda, Giggle giggle I have just been imagining how these studies have been conducted! I find it very amusing - yes I think you are quite correct in suggesting these studies might be flawed in some way... Giggle giggle Warm hug Julie www.julieclarke.com.au -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Amanda W Sent: Thursday, 24 August 2006 8:01 AM To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Subject: [ozmidwifery] Sex to bring on labour Hi all wise ones, I have just read in the latest 'Good Medicine' magazine that quote having sex in late pregnancy to bring on labour is an old wives tale unquote. Can anyone please shed light on this as I though it did assist with bringing on labour due to the release of prostaglandin containing semen up near the cervix along with nipple stimulation and orgasms. However I have just read a few studies that have recently been done on this subject and still am not convinced that it is just an old wives tale. I can't help but think their studies may be flawed in some way. Any comments? Cheers Amanda. -- 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.
[ozmidwifery] Nestle - take note of the last line -
Nestle increases first-half profits Source: VEVEY AP Date: 2006-Aug-24 07:01 AM Nestle SA, the world's biggest food and drink company, has reported an 11 per cent rise in first-half net profit thanks to cost cutting and internal growth despite higher raw material prices. The company, which has brands such as Nescafe, Perrier and Dreyer's, said net profit increased to 4.15 billion Swiss francs ($A4.44 billion) from 3.73 billion francs in 2005, exceeding analyst expectations of about 4.09 billion francs. Nestle, which does not report quarterly earnings figures, said slow demand in Europe was widely offset by a strong performance in emerging markets and the United States. During the first half of 2006 the group delivered excellent levels of growth and profit margin, said Chairman and Chief Executive Peter Brabeck-Letmathe. This was made possible by the strong performance of our food, beverage and nutrition business which generated 6 per cent organic growth. Organic growth is one of the company's main performance yardsticks. This measure, which includes price increases but not the effects of acquisitions, rose to 6.4 per cent, compared with 5.6 per cent in 2005. Analysts had expected 6.3 per cent. Nestle shares closed up 2.3 per cent at 417.75 francs on the Zurich stock exchange. It's the first time in the past few quarters Nestle has clearly surpassed consensus estimates in terms of organic growth and operating margin, Zuercher Kantonalbank analyst Patrik Schwendimann said. The company reiterated that it aims to improve the operating profit margin for the full year at constant currencies. It slightly upgraded its organic growth estimate for the full year, saying it now expects that figure to be on the higher end of its long-standing 5 per cent to 6 per cent target range. Sales grew 11 per cent to 47.14 billion francs from 42.47 billion francs, the company said. Analysts had expected 47.05 billion francs. Earnings before interest and taxes rose 14.5 per cent to 6.05 billion francs from 5.29 billion francs. The company is considering another share buyback after the current 3 billion franc program, which is almost finished, Chief Financial Officer Paul Polman said in a conference call. If nothing extraordinary happens, there is no reason why we couldn't continue with buybacks, he said. Polman said that Nestle was not looking at major acquisitions at the moment. He said the company will pay more than 1 billion francs later this year for several small-sized acquisitions that were arranged in the last six months. Included is the purchase of the US-based weight-management company Jenny Craig for around $US600 million. Polman said it will take time to get baby milk sales in China back to the previous level after the collapse that followed Nestle's recall last year because the product exceeded government limits on iodine content.
[ozmidwifery] Nestle - take note of the last line -
Sorry the last line was missing here it is see below Nestle increases first-half profits Source: VEVEY AP Date: 2006-Aug-24 07:01 AM Nestle SA, the world's biggest food and drink company, has reported an 11 per cent rise in first-half net profit thanks to cost cutting and internal growth despite higher raw material prices. The company, which has brands such as Nescafe, Perrier and Dreyer's, said net profit increased to 4.15 billion Swiss francs ($A4.44 billion) from 3.73 billion francs in 2005, exceeding analyst expectations of about 4.09 billion francs. Nestle, which does not report quarterly earnings figures, said slow demand in Europe was widely offset by a strong performance in emerging markets and the United States. During the first half of 2006 the group delivered excellent levels of growth and profit margin, said Chairman and Chief Executive Peter Brabeck-Letmathe. This was made possible by the strong performance of our food, beverage and nutrition business which generated 6 per cent organic growth. Organic growth is one of the company's main performance yardsticks. This measure, which includes price increases but not the effects of acquisitions, rose to 6.4 per cent, compared with 5.6 per cent in 2005. Analysts had expected 6.3 per cent. Nestle shares closed up 2.3 per cent at 417.75 francs on the Zurich stock exchange. It's the first time in the past few quarters Nestle has clearly surpassed consensus estimates in terms of organic growth and operating margin, Zuercher Kantonalbank analyst Patrik Schwendimann said. The company reiterated that it aims to improve the operating profit margin for the full year at constant currencies. It slightly upgraded its organic growth estimate for the full year, saying it now expects that figure to be on the higher end of its long-standing 5 per cent to 6 per cent target range. Sales grew 11 per cent to 47.14 billion francs from 42.47 billion francs, the company said. Analysts had expected 47.05 billion francs. Earnings before interest and taxes rose 14.5 per cent to 6.05 billion francs from 5.29 billion francs. The company is considering another share buyback after the current 3 billion franc program, which is almost finished, Chief Financial Officer Paul Polman said in a conference call. If nothing extraordinary happens, there is no reason why we couldn't continue with buybacks, he said. Polman said that Nestle was not looking at major acquisitions at the moment. He said the company will pay more than 1 billion francs later this year for several small-sized acquisitions that were arranged in the last six months. Included is the purchase of the US-based weight-management company Jenny Craig for around $US600 million. Polman said it will take time to get baby milk sales in China back to the previous level after the collapse that followed Nestle's recall last year because the product exceeded government limits on iodine content.
RE: [ozmidwifery] Nestle - take note of the last line -
This is a bit odd. I could only read 3 paragraphs in both your emails until I clicked reply to respond when the whole article appearedbelow. Anywayarent they shameless with their aggressive marketing of a second rate product. Amy From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Julie Clarke Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 8:39 AM To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Subject: [ozmidwifery] Nestle - take note of the last line - Nestle increases first-half profits Source: VEVEY AP Date: 2006-Aug-24 07:01 AM Nestle SA, the world's biggest food and drink company, has reported an 11 per cent rise in first-half net profit thanks to cost cutting and internal growth despite higher raw material prices. The company, which has brands such as Nescafe, Perrier and Dreyer's, said net profit increased to 4.15 billion Swiss francs ($A4.44 billion) from 3.73 billion francs in 2005, exceeding analyst expectations of about 4.09 billion francs. Nestle, which does not report quarterly earnings figures, said slow demand in Europe was widely offset by a strong performance in emerging markets and the United States. During the first half of 2006 the group delivered excellent levels of growth and profit margin, said Chairman and Chief Executive Peter Brabeck-Letmathe. This was made possible by the strong performance of our food, beverage and nutrition business which generated 6 per cent organic growth. Organic growth is one of the company's main performance yardsticks. This measure, which includes price increases but not the effects of acquisitions, rose to 6.4 per cent, compared with 5.6 per cent in 2005. Analysts had expected 6.3 per cent. Nestle shares closed up 2.3 per cent at 417.75 francs on the Zurich stock exchange. It's the first time in the past few quarters Nestle has clearly surpassed consensus estimates in terms of organic growth and operating margin, Zuercher Kantonalbank analyst Patrik Schwendimann said. The company reiterated that it aims to improve the operating profit margin for the full year at constant currencies. It slightly upgraded its organic growth estimate for the full year, saying it now expects that figure to be on the higher end of its long-standing 5 per cent to 6 per cent target range. Sales grew 11 per cent to 47.14 billion francs from 42.47 billion francs, the company said. Analysts had expected 47.05 billion francs. Earnings before interest and taxes rose 14.5 per cent to 6.05 billion francs from 5.29 billion francs. The company is considering another share buyback after the current 3 billion franc program, which is almost finished, Chief Financial Officer Paul Polman said in a conference call. If nothing extraordinary happens, there is no reason why we couldn't continue with buybacks, he said. Polman said that Nestle was not looking at major acquisitions at the moment. He said the company will pay more than 1 billion francs later this year for several small-sized acquisitions that were arranged in the last six months. Included is the purchase of the US-based weight-management company Jenny Craig for around $US600 million. Polman said it will take time to get baby milk sales in China back to the previous level after the collapse that followed Nestle's recall last year because the product exceeded government limits on iodine content.
RE: [ozmidwifery] Nestle - take note of the last line -
Yes Amy same thing happened to me had to forward it or hit reply to get the full story weird - but I am glad you eventually found the last line J From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of adamnamy Sent: Thursday, 24 August 2006 12:41 PM To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Subject: RE: [ozmidwifery] Nestle - take note of the last line - This is a bit odd. I could only read 3 paragraphs in both your emails until I clicked reply to respond when the whole article appearedbelow. Anywayarent they shameless with their aggressive marketing of a second rate product. Amy From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Julie Clarke Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 8:39 AM To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Subject: [ozmidwifery] Nestle - take note of the last line - Nestle increases first-half profits Source: VEVEY AP Date: 2006-Aug-24 07:01 AM Nestle SA, the world's biggest food and drink company, has reported an 11 per cent rise in first-half net profit thanks to cost cutting and internal growth despite higher raw material prices. The company, which has brands such as Nescafe, Perrier and Dreyer's, said net profit increased to 4.15 billion Swiss francs ($A4.44 billion) from 3.73 billion francs in 2005, exceeding analyst expectations of about 4.09 billion francs. Nestle, which does not report quarterly earnings figures, said slow demand in Europe was widely offset by a strong performance in emerging markets and the United States. During the first half of 2006 the group delivered excellent levels of growth and profit margin, said Chairman and Chief Executive Peter Brabeck-Letmathe. This was made possible by the strong performance of our food, beverage and nutrition business which generated 6 per cent organic growth. Organic growth is one of the company's main performance yardsticks. This measure, which includes price increases but not the effects of acquisitions, rose to 6.4 per cent, compared with 5.6 per cent in 2005. Analysts had expected 6.3 per cent. Nestle shares closed up 2.3 per cent at 417.75 francs on the Zurich stock exchange. It's the first time in the past few quarters Nestle has clearly surpassed consensus estimates in terms of organic growth and operating margin, Zuercher Kantonalbank analyst Patrik Schwendimann said. The company reiterated that it aims to improve the operating profit margin for the full year at constant currencies. It slightly upgraded its organic growth estimate for the full year, saying it now expects that figure to be on the higher end of its long-standing 5 per cent to 6 per cent target range. Sales grew 11 per cent to 47.14 billion francs from 42.47 billion francs, the company said. Analysts had expected 47.05 billion francs. Earnings before interest and taxes rose 14.5 per cent to 6.05 billion francs from 5.29 billion francs. The company is considering another share buyback after the current 3 billion franc program, which is almost finished, Chief Financial Officer Paul Polman said in a conference call. If nothing extraordinary happens, there is no reason why we couldn't continue with buybacks, he said. Polman said that Nestle was not looking at major acquisitions at the moment. He said the company will pay more than 1 billion francs later this year for several small-sized acquisitions that were arranged in the last six months. Included is the purchase of the US-based weight-management company Jenny Craig for around $US600 million. Polman said it will take time to get baby milk sales in China back to the previous level after the collapse that followed Nestle's recall last year because the product exceeded government limits on iodine content.
