I've changed the subject on this one - nearly missed Robyn's post... can we please change the title when the content changes from the original string?
Robyn wrote:
Why don't we through Ozmidwifery organise an outstanding NATIONAL CONFERENCE with All the interested and supportive groups (lead my Maternity Coalition and NMAP). Invite the most effective members of Parliament and all the Area Chief Executive Officers and many doctors, invite overseas speaker who have made such changes in their country. Invite universities and educators from all areas. Even the NZ Prime Minister would be helpful. Invite the major insurance companies.I am certainly interested in helping with this. I have made a start by making the main thrust of the next Future Birth event a forum for announcing/discussing/exploring NMAP, ACMI the PI issues and what these all mean for the future of midwifery in Australia. There is already considerable interest in this event and I hope that we will attract a lot of midwives (as we did last time) who have not heard of any of this - without them we will get no-where with implementing NMAP.
Don't wait any longer, we are all talking about being united, set some plans now and start working on it in the New Year so we can set some dates.
Who is interested in this united front?
I've been thinking that there is a need to follow this up with exploration of more aspects of this and that perhaps I should mount another event in 12 months instead of 2 years as I normally do.
I would be willing to throw the resources of Birth International behind this effort, with profits to go to Maternity Coalition, if it would help. Getting an event like this off the ground takes time and effort and a level of expertise that we could provide.....
Let me know what you all think. Meanwhile, we can get the ball rolling at the Future Birth event in April. I have some ideas for supporting Maternity Coalition through this event as well.
Andrea
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Andrea Robertson
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