HealthMonitor - 16 July 1999 -Forwarded

HEALTHMonitor produced by Media Monitors ACT Pty Ltd distributed by Health Communication Network Limited Issue No. 1004 - Friday, July 16, 1999 PRINT MEDIA SUMMARY THE AUSTRALIAN Kevin Meade p3Nurses’ New Year pay grab. The decision by the Qld Nurses

HealthMonitor - 27 July 1999 -Forwarded

HEALTHMonitor produced by Media Monitors ACT Pty Ltd distributed by Health Communication Network Limited Issue No. 1010 - Tuesday, July 27, 1999 PRINT MEDIA SUMMARY THE AUSTRALIAN p3Lean times ahead for men and their bodies. Article discusses the

HealthMonitor - 28 July 1999 -Forwarded

HEALTHMonitor produced by Media Monitors ACT Pty Ltd distributed by Health Communication Network Limited Issue No. 1011 - Wednesday, July 28, 1999 PRINT MEDIA SUMMARY THE AUSTRALIAN Amanda Hodge p1Blood stocks tainted. The Red Cross has admitted it cannot fully

HealthMonitor - 29 July 1999 -Forwarded

HEALTHMonitor produced by Media Monitors ACT Pty Ltd distributed by Health Communication Network Limited Issue No. 1012 - Thursday, July 29, 1999 PRINT MEDIA SUMMARY THE AUSTRALIAN John Kerin p2Bigger bill in bush for hospital treatment. A rural health

HealthMonitor - 2 August 1999 -Forwarded

HEALTHMonitor produced by Media Monitors ACT Pty Ltd distributed by Health Communication Network Limited Issue No. 1013 - Monday, August 02, 1999 PRINT MEDIA SUMMARY THE AUSTRALIAN John Zubrzycki p3Liners all at sea on hygiene. US data has shown that luxury

HealthMonitor - 3 August 1999 -Forwarded

HEALTHMonitor produced by Media Monitors ACT Pty Ltd distributed by Health Communication Network Limited Issue No. 1014- Tuesday, August 03, 1999 PRINT MEDIA SUMMARY THE AUSTRALIAN Richard McGregor p1PMÆs team votes no to republic. A survey of the and Penelope Federal

HealthMonitor - 4 August 1999 -Forwarded

HEALTHMonitor produced by Media Monitors ACT Pty Ltd distributed by Health Communication Network Limited Issue No. 1015 - Wednesday, August 04, 1999 PRINT MEDIA SUMMARY THE AUSTRALIAN Sid Marris p1Ministers agree on gene food labelling. A meeting of

HealthMonitor - 9 August 1999 -Forwarded

HEALTHMonitor produced by Media Monitors ACT Pty Ltd distributed by Health Communication Network Limited Issue No. 1018 - Monday, August 09, 1999 PRINT MEDIA SUMMARY THE AUSTRALIAN Benjamin Haslem p3HIV girlÆs dad not holding breath for change. A Melbourne doctor

HealthMonitor - 10 August 1999 -Forwarded

HEALTHMonitor produced by Media Monitors ACT Pty Ltd distributed by Health Communication Network Limited Issue No. 1018 - Tuesday, August 10, 1999 PRINT MEDIA SUMMARY THE AUSTRALIAN Katherine Towers p3HIV-positive doctor risked wifeÆs life through sex. A doctor

HealthMonitor - 11 August 1999 -Forwarded

HEALTHMonitor produced by Media Monitors ACT Pty Ltd distributed by Health Communication Network Limited Issue No. 1019 - Wednesday, August 11, 1999 PRINT MEDIA SUMMARY THE AUSTRALIAN Belinda Hickman p1Dying shame: report reveals disturbing truth on and Michelle Aboriginal

Newcastle Midwives Team

** High Priority ** Late last evening the CEO of Hunter Health announced that the John Hunter Midwives team will be "suspended" from the beginning of September. Prof McGrath (CEO) has promised that the team will be reinstated when the financial environment improves. We have women booked

HealthMonitor - 12 August 1999 -Forwarded

HEALTHMonitor produced by Media Monitors ACT Pty Ltd distributed by Health Communication Network Limited Issue No. 1020 - Thursday, August 12, 1999 PRINT MEDIA SUMMARY THE AUSTRALIAN Belinda Hickman p2More women get breast cancer - but more beat it. A study into

joke

WOMEN'S ENGLISH --- Yes = No No = Yes Maybe = No I'm sorry = You'll be sorry We need = I want It's your decision = The correct decision should be obvious by now Do what you want = You'll pay for this later We need to talk = I need to complain

HealthMonitor - 17 August 1999 -Forwarded

HEALTHMonitor produced by Media Monitors ACT Pty Ltd distributed by Health Communication Network Limited Issue No. 1022 - Tuesday, August 17, 1999 PRINT MEDIA SUMMARY THE AUSTRALIAN Geoffrey Newman p1Doctor charged with murdering patient. A 37-year- old Brisbane

Consumer input -Reply

The John Hunter team midwives have in place a consumer group, consisting of "stakeholders" including consumers, a specialist obstetrician, and two GPs. The group was to meet a couple of times a year, and were established only weeks before the current crisis. To say that they have be

HealthMonitor - 18 August 1999 -Forwarded

HEALTHMonitor produced by Media Monitors ACT Pty Ltd distributed by Health Communication Network Limited Issue No. 1023 - Wednesday, August 18, 1999 PRINT MEDIA SUMMARY THE AUSTRALIAN Lou Caruana p23 Booster shot for biotech shareholders. Hearing aid

Fw: Consumers and ACMI -Reply

well said Irene. I for one get tired of persistant attempts to recreate overseas models in our very different context. Yes, we need to learn from the expereinces of others, but we have to find our own way, or ways. Rosalee -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit

HealthMonitor - 19 August 1999 -Forwarded

HEALTHMonitor produced by Media Monitors ACT Pty Ltd distributed by Health Communication Network Limited Issue No. 1024 - Thursday, August 19, 1999 PRINT MEDIA SUMMARY THE AUSTRALIAN John Kerin p3Hospitals could be rated by results. AMA national president

HealthMonitor - 20 August 1999 -Forwarded

HEALTHMonitor produced by Media Monitors ACT Pty Ltd distributed by Health Communication Network Limited Issue No. 1025 - Friday, August 20, 1999 PRINT MEDIA SUMMARY THE FINANCIAL REVIEW Kate Marshallp60 Moran warns Canberra of threat to aged care. The Moran

HealthMonitor - August 23, 1999 -Forwarded

HEALTHMonitor produced by Media Monitors ACT Pty Ltd distributed by Health Communication Network Limited Issue No. - August 23, 1999 PRINT MEDIA SUMMARY THE AUSTRALIAN John Kerin p3 Tough charters for gene modifiers. The Federal Government has developed strict contracts to govern the

HealthMonitor - 24 August 1999 -Forwarded

HEALTHMonitor produced by Media Monitors ACT Pty Ltd distributed by Health Communication Network Limited Issue No. 1025 - Tuesday, August 24, 1999 PRINT MEDIA SUMMARY THE AUSTRALIAN Belinda Hickman p3Killer æsuper bugÆ spreads to communities. A and Robert

Appropriate Change -Reply

Margie Duff's PhD is all about looking at ways to assess labour other than using the standard "accepted" partograph. She can be contacted through Prof Lesley Barclay @ UTS. -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit http://www.acegraphics.com.au to subscribe or unsubscribe.

indigenous birthing -Reply

While I don't have any solutions to offer you, I would like to hear what other may have to offer. The birthing of aboriginal women is high on our agenda in this unit, and has been for some time. We have had a couple of "projects" in which we had a great deal of hope, but have still failed -

HealthMonitor - 30 August 1999 -Forwarded

HEALTHMonitor produced by Media Monitors ACT Pty Ltd distributed by Health Communication Network Limited Issue No.1028 - Monday, August 30, 1999 PRINT MEDIA SUMMARY THE AUSTRALIAN Michael Magaznik p10 Libs rule out heroin injecting trial. The Vic Amanda Hodge Government

HealthMonitor - 2 September 1999 -Forwarded

HEALTHMonitor produced by Media Monitors ACT Pty Ltd distributed by Health Communication Network Limited Issue No. 1031 - Thursday, September 02, 1999 PRINT MEDIA SUMMARY THE AUSTRALIAN Natasha Bita and p2Anti-drug passport for Olympics. A new drug Chip Le Grand passport

HealthMonitor - 3 September 1999 -Forwarded

HEALTHMonitor produced by Media Monitors ACT Pty Ltd distributed by Health Communication Network Limited Issue No. 1032 - Friday, September 03, 1999 PRINT MEDIA SUMMARY THE AUSTRALIAN p2Funding strings. Federal Family and Community Services

July 1999 edition of NSW Public Health Bulletin now available-Forwarded

The July 1999 issue of the NSW Public Health Bulletin is now available at http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/public-health/phb/phb.html This issue of the Bulletin is the first in a series of two issues devoted to injury. This first issue looks at injury indicators and contains: an article on firearm

HealthMonitor - 9 September 1999 -Forwarded

HEALTHMonitor produced by Media Monitors ACT Pty Ltd distributed by Health Communication Network Limited Issue No. 1035 - Thursday, September 09, 1999 PRINT MEDIA SUMMARY THE AUSTRALIAN Leisa Scott p4Police DNA system flawed: adviser.Article

HealthMonitor - 14 September 1999 -Forwarded

HEALTHMonitor produced by Media Monitors ACT Pty Ltd distributed by Health Communication Network Limited Issue No. 1040 - Tuesday, September 14, 1999 PRINT MEDIA SUMMARY THE AUSTRALIAN Kristine Gough p6Smart buying on the cards for schoolies. A smart card is

HealthMonitor - 6 September 1999 -Forwarded

HEALTHMonitor produced by Media Monitors ACT Pty Ltd distributed by Health Communication Network Limited Issue No. 1032 - Monday, September 06, 1999 PRINT MEDIA SUMMARY THE AUSTRALIAN Belinda Hickman p7Poison warning as mushrooms spread.Fungal experts

HealthMonitor - 31 August 1999 -Forwarded

HEALTHMonitor produced by Media Monitors ACT Pty Ltd distributed by Health Communication Network Limited Issue No. 1029 - Tuesday, August 31, 1999 PRINT MEDIA SUMMARY THE AUSTRALIAN Belinda Hickman p3Young women fall prey. The 1998 National Drug Strategy

HealthMonitor - 15 September 1999 -Forwarded

HEALTHMonitor produced by Media Monitors ACT Pty Ltd distributed by Health Communication Network Limited Issue No. 1041 - Wednesday, September 15, 1999 PRINT MEDIA SUMMARY THE AUSTRALIAN Lou Caruana p24 Oil goes smoothly for Mt Romance.Article

midwives using ventouse

Is there any one out there using ventouse ? I have heard that midwives in the UK are using the ventouse, but need more details. also need to know if anyone is using it in Oz. We have proposed that midwives in our unit would use the ventouse for maternal exhaustion and foetal distress, but I

7.30 report tonight

Shea Caplice will be on the 7.30 Report TONIGHT to discuss professional indemnity for midwives.. go girl ! * This message is intended for the addressee named and may contain confidential

Call for Abstracts

Call for Abstracts Hunter Valley Midwives Association invites abstracts addressing the conference theme The Essence of Midwifery for the International Midwives Day Conference 4th May, 2002 Newcastle NSW 250 words (max) include author's name, qualifications organisation area of midwifery

failed induction

has anyone got a good definiton of a failed induction? rosalee * This message is intended for the addressee named and may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete it and notify the

Re: head lice treatment

if you know the compounds in the treatment, there is a very useful book called Medications and Mother's Milk, by Hale (my copy is the 8th edition 1999) otherwise ask a pharmasist.. not a sales assistant rosalee trish [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/28/01 09:01am Phone call from a woman

Re: support what you say

my recollection was that he said. sort ofwas.. if this programme (of having carers provide support in the home for new mums) were to reduce beastfeeding rates, then those things would follow (PPD gastro etc). I thought the programme was poorly edited, in real terms

Re: [ozmidwifery] VBAC - how soon is safe?

I have a great deal of difficulty understanding your abbreviations. What's NELUCSC? EDB? I understand EDB as epidural block, but why on earth would you be planning that? please explain rosalee [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/29/02 05:12PM Hi all, I am looking for info on how soon is safe after a

Re: [ozmidwifery] VBAC - how soon is safe?

. Oh, by the way Rachael is now 14 mths old and the love of our lives. Stay well and happy Melinda - Original Message - From: Rosalee Shaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 5:16 PM Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] VBAC - how soon is safe? I have

[ozmidwifery] Fwd: RNs Midwives - secondment opportunity

---BeginMessage--- Bourke RN Midwifery secondment 2002.doc Hello everyone, Bourke Hospital, as part of the Far West Area Health Service, is offering secondments to Registered Nurses and especially Midwives who are interested in working in a rural area for short or long terms. In the Year

Re: [ozmidwifery] computer databases

in the Hunter we use OBSTET, and we love it - at least I do. It collects info from the booking visit right through to postpartum discharge. While we are anxiously awaiting the windows based version, the current one isn't all that bad - we were able to go live (after our previous programme

[ozmidwifery] Midwives computer databases

Midwives were well represented on the consortium which developed OBSTET, and they continue to be involved with it - any if any of them are on this list they might tell you who they are. It was designed by midwives, and intended to give midwives control of their own data, and yes, I mean the

Re: [ozmidwifery] Midwives computer databases

that there was some anxiety that others-not-midwives would fiddle with the data on Obstet when it was developed? Or is it that they already did ( do) anyway and Obstet is supposed to alleviate that imbalance by providing us with our own data? Robin - Original Message - From: Rosalee Shaw [EMAIL

[ozmidwifery] Junk Mail

At the risk of offending, I feel obliged to have my say. Despite ozmidwifery being a "Chat" list, there are some among us who appreciate the opportunity to have a convenient professional forum to discuss issues and provide support to each other. But I am forever frustrated by my overflowing