Midwifery care at home

Midwifery care at home

Australian women currently have limited access to pregnancy, birth and postnatal services within their communities, outside the hospital. This is particularly concerning considering the current COVID-19 pandemic, where they must enter a hospital for all of their care putting themselves and their babies at risk. Those models of care that facilitate community midwifery care are either extremely restrictive in locality or the mother's health status, or require large investments of money. The goal of this campaign is to push for ministers to make recommended changes to Medicare and regulatory processes to enable maternity care at home to be more ...

Australian women currently have limited access to pregnancy, birth and postnatal services within their communities, outside the hospital. This is particularly concerning considering the current COVID-19 pandemic, where they must enter a hospital for all of their care putting themselves and their babies at risk. Those models of care that facilitate community midwifery care are either extremely restrictive in locality or the mother's health status, or require large investments of money. The goal of this campaign is to push for ministers to make recommended changes to Medicare and regulatory processes to enable maternity care at home to be more accessible and affordable in Australia. Continuity of community based midwifery care has been recommended in EVERY state and national review into maternity services, and the National Strategic Approach to Maternity Services. This needs to happen, NOW.

Please read through and edit the attached letter, enter your postcode to have this document sent to your local MP, add your own story and share widely on social media. Together, we can make a difference to the maternity system in Australia!

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We need continuity of community midwifery care

By emailing your local MP and relevant politicians we can highlight how important it is that continuity of midwifery care, provided within our communities/at home, be supported by our government.

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In order to make this more personal please add your story, how you've benefited from having continuity of midwifery care at home, or how you would have benefited from this. Given the current COVID-19 situation, talking about self isolation and the ability to maintain your own health, as well as that of your baby, is relevant too.