Fwd: Midwives lose their Professional Indemnity Insurance

Hi all, I received this letter pasted below today from Mr. Jonathan Holmes, Executive Producer, The 7.30 Report in reply to my letter below Re: Midwives lose their professional indemnity insurance. Yours in birth, Tina Pettigrew Birthworks Independent CBE and aspiring B.Mid Midwife. Convenor,

upcoming International Midwifery and Nursing Conference, Adelaide, Nov 4- 7, 2001

Dear all, "Contesting Conversations in Practice, Education, Research and Policy" is the fourth in this highly successful International conference series. Internationally noted keynote speakers include: Paul Lewis, Patricia Benner, Philip Darbyshire, Cindy Shannon and Gary Rolfe. Pre and po

Conference Information

Title: Conference Information Hi all, I am sitting here, surrounded by conference brochures... Stuffing them in envelopes! Does anyone out there want any? They detail the Birthrites conference “Caesarean Birth: Myths and Realities” that Birthrites is hosting to celebrate the inaugural National

Re: home support

A big YEAH from me as well. I worked in Holland for a while with a Dutch midwife and saw this wonderful maternity scheme in action. It allows the father to continue to work during the early days of the puerperium as the maternity aide is usually in residence 9 to 5. The service is courte

Fw: insurance

thought you might be interested in this.    there is a need for some grievance committee or other to arrange acknowledgement/apology.liz - Original Message - From: Jim Wellsmore To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 5:52 AM Subject: Re: [Fwd: ] childbirth D

Re: protest rally re insurance

Please note the change of venue and time for Wednesday's picket outside Health Ministers' Meeting: The rally in SA is NOT at the Stamford Plaza, city. It's at the Stamford Grand Glenelg, at 1pm. Corresponding rallies around the country may be better to coincide with Friday's rally at 12noon in th

protest rally re insurance

31/7/01 In regard to Sally's message (below) - What if we also did somthing similar in other cities and met outside Parliament House. I'm happy to be there tomorrow in Sydney at 12 noon in front of Parliament House in Macquarie St. Hi all SA is hosting the health ministers' conference on Wednesd

Re: Letter in the Herald

they changed the title and left out the juciest sentence which read "Although midwives have been compelled to prove the safety of midwifery care, there are no known studies into the safety of specialist obstetric care for all births.."!! S. http://www.smh.com.au/news/0107/31/html/letters.html

Letter in the Herald

Great letter in today's Herald, Sally. You've got a great flair for careful editing! -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit to subscribe or unsubscribe.

Re: Sleep deprivation v's PND

Dear Anne, I don't know if you are aware of the 'Grannies" program initiated by Moruya Hospital on the NSW South Coast. The hospital advertised and interviewed women who were willing to offer support to mums with new babes, for up to 6 months post birth. After a training program, I think som

Fwd: home support

In a message dated 30/07/01 8:00:39 PM AUS Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Would be most interested to hear about the training for the six months - what sort of things do they cover? Sally t >> Hi Sally, I too was most interested in this. Particularly when the "carer

NATIONAL HOMEBIRTH AWARENESS WEEK

ANNOUNCING   NATIONAL HOMEBIRTH AWARENESS WEEK   25th - 31st,October   Homebirth Access Sydney in conjunction with Homebirth Australia would like to invite all Midwifery and Consumer Groups to celebrate this week. To assist in the promotion of Homebirth being a valid and safe option for birt

Re: home support

YEAH!  Regards, Mary Murphy - Original Message - From: Thrupps To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 3:58 PM Subject: home support Hi all     Just popping out of the closet to reply to ... sleep deprivation, going home early and support at

Re: home support

Would be most interested to hear about the training for the six months - what sort of things do they cover? Sally t Thrupps wrote: Hi all    Just popping out of the closet to reply to ... sleep deprivation, going home early and support at home.    I believe that women who birth in hospitals sho

Re: Twenty-two years ago today.

How sad it is that in Twenty two long years not a lot has been learned by the PROFESSIONALS and so much pain has been inflicted upon women. Really it is hard to think that change is so very slow. Too slow. Rhonda. -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit

Health Ministers

Hello Midwives, the College has also written off to the health minister.  We agree with the listers, you have to continually lobby the Ministers and write many letters to gain their attention. We hope to get Midwifery on the AHMAC agenda for next month.  We look forward to the public meeting

home support

Hi all     Just popping out of the closet to reply to ... sleep deprivation, going home early and support at home.     I believe that women who birth in hospitals should be at home as soon as practical, but of course the lack of support is a problem.     As a consequence of this, we have a

rally

NEW DETAILS for rallies protesting demise of women's birth rights: Health Ministers' Meeting: Wednesday 1st August at Stamford Grand, GLENELG (not city as previous message said). Meet at 1pm. The Democrats will issue a press release on Wed am and Sandra Kanck MLC and Meg Lees Federal Health Spok