----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Denham and Lisa Metcalfe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Alison Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Anna" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Brenna Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Freya Dawson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Jan Robinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Jenny O'Donnell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Karen Sanders" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Kate Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Kylie Shakeshaft/Poloni" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Liz Rudolf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Marie Heath" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Megan Stray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Melanie Hunt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Melinda Whyman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Rebecca Hughes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Robyn Borgas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Sharyn Hocking" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Simone Denmeade" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "meredtih jones" <m&[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Meredith Henderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Louisa Tsadik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Lisa Metcalfe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Patsy Ross" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Jane McCammon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Andree Marie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Denise Hynd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Judy Giesaitis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Justine Cairnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Frances Colville" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Fran Connell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Nicole Foder-Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Marilyn King" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Kate Weakley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Kathy Moon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Jack Draper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Lisa O'Neill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "maria raines" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 3:32 AM Subject: MC update and media release
> Hi everyone > slowly forward, but we are getting ever so close to achieving something > fantastic for women. > Illawarra Area Health are progressing a proposal for implementation of > continuity of care to be put to NSW health. > > We need to keep up the requests for continuity of care in the Illawarra > phone calls letters or emails asking for this all help. > > The press release below is just to try to keep the issue somewhere in > the orbit of the much bigger issues that are facing the world today. > Women will still be birthing, even while the world is at war, so if you > have any energy for positive and peaceful expression of your needs as a > consumer / women please write or ring. > > Also listen to the radio (abc illawarra 97.3) and ring during "talk > back" about the continuity of care particularly if the press release > gets any air time! Go Karen > peace and believe that we can build harmony by doing small deeds > Lisa > Media Release Wednesday, 19 March 2003 > Contact: Karen Sanders 0414862949 > Additional maternity services are on the horizon in the Illawarra. > > > NSW Health Minister Craig Knowles met with local consumer group > Illawarra Maternity Coalition, Local Members of Parliament and Senior > Executive of Illawarra Area Health Service to discuss maternity services > in the Illawarra. "At that meeting Mr Knowles expressed his unequivocal > support for the principle of continuity of care with a midwife." said Ms > Sanders, of Illawarra Maternity Coalition. > > After meetings and discussions with Illawarra Maternity Coalition, > Illawarra Area Health Service has taken up this challenge and are > negotiating for additional maternity services that will provide > continuity of care with a midwife. > > Ms Sanders commended Illawarra Area Health Services for their foresight > "We are delighted that Illawarra Area Health Services not only listened > to consumers, but have followed this up with a positive approach to > planning the implementation of continuity of care with a midwife to meet > consumers needs." > > The World Health Organisation, leading medical researchers, and local > consumer group, Illawarra Maternity Coalition, all point to medical > evidence that proves that when women are cared for throughout their > pregnancy and birth by their own midwife, their need for medical > interventions in childbirth drops significantly. > > The Maternity Coalition estimates that halving the Caesarean section > rate to internationally accepted levels would save at least $46 million > dollars a year in NSW. This could realistically be achieved if healthy > women are given access to one-to-one continuous care from skilled > midwives. > > Fewer than 1% of women in NSW currently have access to one-to-one > midwifery in the public health system. > > "This will create real choices for women living in the Illawarra, > choices for midwives and have many positive benefits for long term > health of mothers and babies." said Ms Sanders. > > Maternity Coalition > An umbrella organisation committed to the advancement of best practice > maternity care > Maternity Coalition Illawarra Group LMetcalfe 4268 1675 ABN 82 691 324 > 728 > Website: www.maternitycoalition.org.au E:Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.
