My advice from one lawyer is not to have to sets of insurers as if you get sued then you have two
insurance companies fighting about who is responsible which makes the whole
issue much bigger than if only one, those midwives who are employed are covered
by their employer. Hospital employed
midwives may need insurance to help protect their professional reputation but
it could be detrimental to them to have this insurance as well for their work
done for their employers. Christine -----Original
Message----- Andrea
said…“I dont think you will get midwives who only work in hospital to be
interested even though I think they should be” I think this
is a key quote that also deserves some discussion…whilst on one hand we are all
fighting for recognition as a profession separate to nursing, and we want to be
seen as a united front to further the campaign for improving maternity services
throughout Australia, on the other hand we are pursuing an insurance offer that
yet again divides us as a profession. Nicky Leap said…a midwife is a
midwife is a midwife…??? I feel like this quest for insurance that is
specific to IPM’s could be seen by midwives, the AMA, politicians, and most
importantly women, as a divisive move, and I don’t think ultimately it can
benefit us in our quest to improve the public persona of the midwife. I really want
to have access to insurance, not be forced into having it. I want to be
able to purchase insurance that will cover me for any activities I take in the
name of midwifery, in or out of the hospital setting, where I am being paid a
wage, or where I am donating my time. In my wildest dreams I’d like to
think that every midwife working anywhere as a midwife would consider it a string
to his or her professional bow to be insured as well as registered.
That’s something that they have done in NZ, attach the insurance to the
membership of the professional body, the NZCOM, and membership of the body is a
necessary step to obtaining registration as a midwife. That way, all
midwives are members of the professional body, and all midwives are
insured. I know that’s a simplistic way of looking at it, but it really
worries me that we are getting caught up in something that perpetuates an us and
them attitude that has already gone on for too long… Tania -- -- |
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