Re: [ozmidwifery] Camden Rally

[geesjeandsteve]

Well done Sonja!
Thinkng of you all from COLD but lovely Holland
Geesje



> Barry & Sonja <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> Dear all
> Just to let you know that there was an excellent rally in Camden today 
> to save our maternity unit.  Over 300 people attended with hopefully 
> fantastic media coverage.  It is amazing how many mothers and babies 
> and pregnant women will march in over 35 degree heat.  Look for us on 
> the tele and the Sunday papers.  We also hope to have a bigger and 
> better one in a months time if our demands to keep the unit open are 
> not met.
> Sonja
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Re: [ozmidwifery] New midwifery models for Vic.,what grade?

[geesjeandsteve]

Dear Leanne,
Do you know what the percentage of the permanent loading is? We are also
negotiating an annualized salary at Campbelltown Hospital NSW. Some
hospitals in NSW receive a 25% loading but I worked this out to be well
short of what I earned in penalties over the past year. We feel that just
because we really want to work with this model of care we shouldn't sell
ourselves short.
Geesje
- Original Message -
From: "leanne wynne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, July 05, 2004 11:33 AM
Subject: RE: [ozmidwifery] New midwifery models for Vic.,what grade?


> Dear All,
> The new midwifery group practice at the the Women's and Childrens Hospital
> in Adelaide have negotiated their own annual salary which is the the
normal
> rate with a permanent loading but they can't claim overtime at all.
> As autonomous practitioners I think that midwives working in a case load
> model should be paid the same as the Nurse Practitioner which is Grade 5.
> Leanne.
>
>
> >From: "Carol Van Lochem" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Subject: [ozmidwifery] New midwifery models for Vic.,what grade?
> >Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 06:12:54 +1000
> >
> >I was wondering what the feeling is among fellow Victorian midwives in
> >respect to this new model of care being proposed by the State Gov. What
> >grade/ classifcation does everyone feel that midwives working in teams
with
> >their own caseload should be paid? I feel that they should be Clinical
> >Midwife Consultants, paid Grade 4 or above , depending on level of
> >experience and role. I have read through the ANF Enterprise Bargaining
> >Agreement of 2000, & feel we would meet the criteria. What are other
> >midwives already working this way being paid? If it's less than this,
what
> >is your level of resonsibility when working in your particular model?
> >
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Re: [ozmidwifery] Good news

[geesjeandsteve]

Dear Denise,
I'll keep you informed. I have tried to incorporate Camden in my proposal
and have spoken to quite a few of the midwives encouraging them to join us.
We have problems with staff shortages, especially in Campbelltown, which
means that initially only one team will be started up, but possibly 2 teams
if some of the midwives from Camden maternity joins us .
There are definitely plans for more teams but we need more staff first!
Geesje
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- Original Message -
From: "Denise Hynd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2004 12:06 PM
Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Good news


> Dear Geesje,
> I look forward to hearing more about the possibility or more importantly
the
> reality of a continuity of care midwifery option at Campbelltown!
> What is happening at Camden?
> Denise Hynd
>
> "Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world.  For,
> indeed, they are the only ones who ever have."
> Margaret Mead
> - Original Message -
> From: "geesjeandsteve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 2:44 PM
> Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Good news
>
>
> >
> > Hi
> > The Birthunit where Elle had her watrbirth is a lovely unit. I worked
> there
> > as a midwife for 3 years in the mid 90's and revisited it last year, to
> > catch up with my old collegue midwives. It is a private hospital. The
> ladies
> > chose midwifery led care or obstetrician led care . Yehudi Gordon is one
> of
> > the obstetricians, a lovely man who will go to great lengths to help
'his'
> > ladies acheive a normal birth. I've seen / assisted with so many lovely
> > births including breech and twin births during those 3 years. Quite a
few
> > celebrities had their baby here including Jerry Hall just before I left.
> The
> > pools are oval shaped and hip high so the women could really submerge in
> > them (leaving the front of our shirts totally wet if we did have to help
> in
> > any way!). The midwives offer continuity of care by deviding themselves
in
> > two teams, offering continuity in the antenatal, intrapartum and
postnatal
> > period. At the time we had a birth rate of 200-300 per year, I think
it's
> up
> > to 500 births per year now. Additionally  the midwives provide
preperation
> > to parenthood classes and postnatal groups which usually start with a
baby
> > massage session so the baby are relaxed during the next hour when the
mums
> > discuss any issuses that are worrying them. This I would really love to
> > duplicate here in NSW as I feel postnatal support is very fragmented and
> > hard to find. Some women still attended these sessions when their child
> was
> > nearly a year old! As a midwife working on this unit I could have been
> able
> > to birth there (for free) but I wanted a home birth, which I had in
> London.
> > A great experience, and having been labled an elderly primip  at the age
> of
> > 35 I felt very empowered. I did try to have a waterbirth at home with my
> > third but the pool was only about 10cm full when I started pushing, so I
> > never got in. Oh well at least it kept Steve and my mum busy. . .
> > Justine, we are at the brink of introducing  a model of continuity of
care
> > at Campbelltown hospital. I've written a proposal which has been oked by
> the
> > management and now needs to be oked at the area meeting on the 7th of
> July.
> > I'm so excited, it has taken us two years to get this far! Keep your
> fingers
> > crossed for us!
> > Geesje McGuire
> > - Original Message -
> > From: "Justine Caines" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "OzMid List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 10:13 PM
> > Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Good news
> >
> >
> > > Hi all
> > >
> > > Yes I am collecting signatures from clebs/pollies etc and so far we
have
> > > only a few, but include Kate Ceberano and others. The hard part is
> finding
> > > the agent for the celeb.  So if anyone wants to help or has a contact
> for
> > > Elle McPhersons agent!! then e-mail me!!
> > >
> > > Elle had a water birth with the lights down, very Lebeyer
> > >
> > > Justine
> > >
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Re: [ozmidwifery] Good news

[geesjeandsteve]

Hi
The Birthunit where Elle had her watrbirth is a lovely unit. I worked there
as a midwife for 3 years in the mid 90's and revisited it last year, to
catch up with my old collegue midwives. It is a private hospital. The ladies
chose midwifery led care or obstetrician led care . Yehudi Gordon is one of
the obstetricians, a lovely man who will go to great lengths to help 'his'
ladies acheive a normal birth. I've seen / assisted with so many lovely
births including breech and twin births during those 3 years. Quite a few
celebrities had their baby here including Jerry Hall just before I left. The
pools are oval shaped and hip high so the women could really submerge in
them (leaving the front of our shirts totally wet if we did have to help in
any way!). The midwives offer continuity of care by deviding themselves in
two teams, offering continuity in the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal
period. At the time we had a birth rate of 200-300 per year, I think it's up
to 500 births per year now. Additionally  the midwives provide preperation
to parenthood classes and postnatal groups which usually start with a baby
massage session so the baby are relaxed during the next hour when the mums
discuss any issuses that are worrying them. This I would really love to
duplicate here in NSW as I feel postnatal support is very fragmented and
hard to find. Some women still attended these sessions when their child was
nearly a year old! As a midwife working on this unit I could have been able
to birth there (for free) but I wanted a home birth, which I had in London.
A great experience, and having been labled an elderly primip  at the age of
35 I felt very empowered. I did try to have a waterbirth at home with my
third but the pool was only about 10cm full when I started pushing, so I
never got in. Oh well at least it kept Steve and my mum busy. . .
Justine, we are at the brink of introducing  a model of continuity of care
at Campbelltown hospital. I've written a proposal which has been oked by the
management and now needs to be oked at the area meeting on the 7th of July.
I'm so excited, it has taken us two years to get this far! Keep your fingers
crossed for us!
Geesje McGuire
- Original Message -
From: "Justine Caines" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "OzMid List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 10:13 PM
Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Good news


> Hi all
>
> Yes I am collecting signatures from clebs/pollies etc and so far we have
> only a few, but include Kate Ceberano and others. The hard part is finding
> the agent for the celeb.  So if anyone wants to help or has a contact for
> Elle McPhersons agent!! then e-mail me!!
>
> Elle had a water birth with the lights down, very Lebeyer
>
> Justine
>
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