News Headlines - Media Releases
Monday, 2nd August 2010
Collaborative arrangements – cause for concern
From 1 November 2010, midwives will be able to provide Medicare funded care to women in the community and in hospitals, thanks to major reforms legislated by the government in March this year. The Australian College of Midwives commends the Health Minister Nicola Roxon for giving women wider choice with these important reforms.
to read the full media release click here
Monday, 7th June 2010
Roxon’s new insurance scheme starts today: Pregnant women winners
Pregnant women’s ability to choose a known midwife to provide their care in the community as well as in hospitals is one step closer to being a reality with the launch today of the new insurance policy for midwives by federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon under a Commonwealth Government Insurance scheme for midwives.
to read the full media release click here
Wednesday, 5th May 2010
Roxon’s new insurance scheme welcome gift on Midwives Day
“Health Minister Nicola Roxon is to be commended today, on the International Day of the Midwife, for resolving the long running lack of professional indemnity insurance for midwives” said Associate Professor Jenny Gamble President of the Australian College of Midwives.
From 1 November 2010, midwives will be able to provide Medicare funded care to women in the community and in hospitals, thanks to major reforms legislated by the Rudd government in March this year.
to read the full meadia release click here
Wednesday, 5th May 2010
International Day of the Midwife
“The world needs midwives now more than ever” say the International Confederation of Midwives, WHO, UNFPA, UNICEF and the World Bank and now Save the Children
350,000 more midwives needed to achieve Millennium Development Goals 4, 5 and 6 by 2015
While Australia has moved to second place in the Mother’s Index, according to Save the Children’s 11th annual State of the World’s Mothers report released 4th May, it has slipped further into the bottom half of developed countries on the Children’s Index with a ranking of 28 out of 43. “We have more work to do and we need more midwives to do it with,” says Associate Professor Hannah Dahlen, Vice President and National Media Spokesperson for the Australian College of Midwives. “Australia needs around 2000 more midwives to meet the needs of women and their babies.”
to read the full media release click here
Tuesday, 16th March 2010
Medicare for Midwives an important step forward
The passage through the Senate today of new laws giving midwives the ability to provide Medicare funded care to women as well as access to professional indemnity insurance is a significant step forward” says Associate Professor Jenny Gamble, President of the Australian College of Midwives
From 1 November this year, women will be able to choose to see a community midwife, and receive Medicare rebates for their visits to the midwife. The midwives will provide pregnancy and postnatal care in the community, and women may have the option of birth care in hospital from their chosen midwife.
to read the full media release click here
Friday, 26th Feb 2010
Let nurses and midwives do their job
The Australian Nursing Federation, Australian College of Midwives and Australian College of Nurse Practitioners are calling on the senate to pass legislation that allows eligible midwives and nurse practitioners access to MBS and PBS.
ANF Acting Federal Secretary, Lee Thomas said the senate should not delay in passing legislation that would benefit many Australians. “We are calling for common sense here: pass this legislation and let these highly educated professionals do their job,” she said.
to read more click here
Wednesday, 20 January 2010
Don’t believe the home-birth horror headlines
If you’ve been half awake in recent days, you might have heard of a new study showing that “babies are seven times more likely to die during home births”.
It’s worth having a close look at what the study actually found (the full article is available here in the Medical Journal of Australia), and also considering some of the broader context that has been sadly lacking from most of the coverage I’ve seen and heard.
to read more click here
More critique of the homebirth study and its reporting by the media
Even if you’ve had only half an ear or eye on the media in recent days, you would have heard of a new study, published in the current edition of the Medical Journal of Australia showing that “babies are seven times more likely to die during home births”.
The most horrifying aspect of the study is the way it’s been reported by the media and promoted by sections of the medical profession, and I’ve written more about this in the Crikey bulletin today.
to read more click here
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