** 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 with us up until February, with most months already fully
booked. Our women are very angry, disappointed and distressed. Our staff are stunned,
numb, unbelieving.
>From a professional perspective, I am angry, disappointed and stunned at the
>stupidity of such a decision.
The Hunter Area Health Service says the proposal to "suspend" the team came from the
Division of O&G at John Hunter ....... perhaps the midwives were getting too popular
for the boys? Whatever the truth behind the decision, I am concerned that
a) "suspension" will become permanent despite the retoric
b) other Areas and hospitals will see this as a precedence and happily follow suit
c) the voice of the consumer - really strong and loud in this - has been totally
ignored
d) the so called committment to quality care and best practice by Hunter Health has
been proven to be empty words.
e) the systemic medical dominance has won, again.
If you can help, please do!
you can email
CEO - Hunter Health Prof McGrath
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
NSW Chief Nurse Judith Meppem
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
write to
Professor W.Walters
Chairman, Division of O&G
John Hunter Hospital
Locked Bag no1
Hunter Region Mail Centre, 2301
or any member of the NSW Parliment.
The midwives on the team can be directly contacted through me
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
regards
rosalee
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