Re: [ozmidwifery] Midwife petition

[Sally-Anne Brown]

Dear all - with the deepest respect .... this discussion is valid and definitely worth having however ....   I do not think the wording of the hands should be viewed as a final concluded statement about the midwife. there are many midwives in this country who call themselves IPM's, homebirth midwives, midwives, midwife practitoners, bush midwife or village midwife and traditional midwife - to name a few .....   the hands are a petition only to set up an enquiry at govt level. aiden is out after july 1. it is the ipm's who have got the ball rolling on this and set up the petitions and have asked for our support to help get medicare and insurance issues on the national agenda as a matter of urgency - THIS IS WHAT TRULY MATTERS.   If it is such a huge problem - then do your own hands and send them please to Jan asap.   Mary M - you have said it all really,....   there is nothing the medicos would love more than to divide and conquer....   we must be united and work towards ways of working together in a unified way.   there will always be aspects of a campaign strategy that people feel they can not align themselves too - and one can conscientiously object.... be aware though this does not mean the issues are lost in the process...   after july 1 things will be much much tougher at a senate level...   please consider dropping this line for now and ammending if you need to. but our midwife elders who have supported women tirelessly for years and kept the homebirth fires burning - and paved the way for all of us in the profession of midwifery have asked for our support.....   i hope as many of you as possible can attend the meeting on the day or offer support to these courageous and energetic women.   Sally-Anne     ----- Original Message ----- From: Dean & Jo To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 7:45 PM Subject: [ozmidwifery] Midwife petition I have had an interesting experience regarding the midwife insurance petition today that I was hoping can be passed on to those who are conducting it.   There was a great opportunity for me to get quite a number of signatures today but the thing that was focused on was the wording of the document, in particular the reference to midwife ‘Practioner.’  There is strong opposition to the term as it fragments the role/scope of practice of midwives.  Midwives have a scope of practice which does not require the segmentation of the type of midwife.  A fully trained midwife does not need to do further study or qualifications to them be a Midwife Practioner.  It implies that one midwife is more qualified than another like the nurse and the nurse Practioner.  The ACMI are working hard to get recognition for the role of a midwife and the scope of practice…all midwives are/should be able to do ante-natal, intrapartum and post natal including pathology and testing (despite the fact that the current system does not formally allow them to do so due to the issues with Medicare provider numbers)   It was unfortunate that the wording was on the petition as no one would sign it on that ground.  I know it sounds pedantic but it is a very serious issue for many midwives.  Can this be passed on to those conducting the petition so they are aware of it?  They can contact me if they wish to discuss it. Cheers   Jo -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.15 - Release Date: 4/16/2005 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.16 - Release Date: 18/04/2005

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