MERAS MECA

THE MERAS DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD (DHB) MULTI-EMPLOYER COLLECTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (MECA)

The MERAS DHB Collective Employment Agreement helps to advance the following midwifery interests:

• It enables midwives to be recognised as health professionals with their own defined scope of practice.
• It has achieved consistency of employment rates and conditions throughout the country
• It reflects regulatory and professional obligations of midwives that have emerged in response to the Health Practitioners Competency Assurance Act (HPCA) and the establishment of Midwifery Council.
• It links the midwifery workforce to their professional standards and code of ethics.
• It recognises midwifery as a discipline separate from nursing, by including employer support for midwifery competency processes that reflect new regulatory requirements.

The MERAS MECA is available through the following link (MERAS MECA)

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