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Welcome to the official site of the New Zealand College of Midwives, the professional organisation for midwives.
The College is governed by a National Board comprising a number of nominated and elected representatives from throughout New Zealand. Representatives include rural midwives, urban midwives, educators, students, consumers, Māori midwives and birthing women.
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College statement: 17 October 2021 COVID-19 Vaccination
17th October, 2021
On Monday 11th October, the government announced it would be mandating vaccination for all health workers including midwives. This decision was made in the best interests of the health and wellbeing of all New Zealanders.…
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Media Release: Review of birth injury cover, updated Maternity Action Plan welcomed by midwives
28th September, 2021
The New Zealand College of Midwives commends the Government on its proposal to amend ACC legislation and update its Maternity Action Plan, saying the developments signify increased attention is finally being paid to women’s health.
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As a member of the College you have the opportunity to contribute to all the representations the College makes to government, health organisations, consumer groups and the public.
The College encourages and values individual member input very highly. You can also take an active role in supporting your local and regional midwifery community including joining with consumers and their organisations to support initiatives that enhance the lives of mothers and babies.
The Find your Midwife website, created by the New Zealand College of Midwives to help women to find a midwife they can work with best.
The MMPO was established by the New Zealand College of Midwives in 1997 to provide its LMC (Lead Maternity Carer) midwives with a supportive practice management and quality practice system, enabling high quality continuity of care for women throughout New Zealand.
MERAS, a dedicated union for midwives, now represents over 90% of midwives employed in hospitals and maternity units. MERAS has a DHB/MERAS MECA and CEAs with several non-DHB maternity units. MERAS is affiliated to the College of Midwives and provides a strong voice for employed midwives.
Hear why Bay of Plenty woman, Brittany Cavanagh Kippax, decided to be vaccinated against Covid-19 during her pregnancy.
www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/news/covid-19-delta-outbreak-pregnant-woman-gets-vaccinate...
www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/video/pregnancy-vaccination/5MKBR3U4LD47EQO6PIKU4Q6WVA/
15 hours ago
TV3's "The Project" did a piece on vaccinations in pregnancy recently.
Click the link to watch:
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2 days ago
All midwives need to be vaccinated and inform pregnant women that the vaccination is safe, and that not being vaccinated increases health risks for their baby.
RANZCOG have produced a number of informative videos, here midwife Shekinah Gafa and her mother, obstetrician Dr Karaponi Okesene-Gafa talk about the vaccine during pregnancy. fb.watch/8EoN9wp-EA/
3 days ago
The Delta variant of COVID-19 is proving particularly harmful for pregnant women. This infographic from the UK demonstrates the importance of vaccination for pregnant women. There is ample evidence from here and overseas that the vaccination is safe during pregnancy and breastfeeding, may pass antibodies to the baby and does not affect fertility.
For more information see www.health.govt.nz/our-work/diseases-and-conditions/covid-19-novel-coronavirus/covid-19-vaccines/...
4 days ago
Kia ora, The infographic comes from the University of Oxford Population Health department with data from UK Obstetric Surveillance System (UKOSS) and MBRACE you can find the original post here: www.npeu.ox.ac.uk/news/2171-covid-19-in-pregnancy-2 More detailed information about Covid-19 hospitalisations in pregnancy is available in a pre-print academic paper from the UK Obstetric Surveillance System and Nuffield Department of Population Health (Oxford University) with data for 3371 hospital admissions of women during pregnancy with the various strains of the virus over time, severity of symptoms and vaccination status. Here is the link to the pre-print research article: Impact of SARS-CoV-2 variant on the severity of maternal infection and perinatal outcomes: Data from the UK Obstetric Surveillance System national cohort. It does not, however, include information about underlying health conditions.
Thanks for sharing this. Just wondering with regards to the above stats is there data that shows the presence of other underlying health conditions that may of also had an impact on these outcomes?
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6 days ago
Following today's article regarding the midwives in Taranaki declining to get vaccinated. It would be great if NZCOM could put out a statement on this matter supporting the majority of midwives who support the science. Could you please also clarify the repercussions for those midwives who instead of offering the appropriate evidence based advice to the women in their care, offer their point of view (anti vax)? Obviously this is of huge concern, as this takes away those women's ability to make an informed decision.
How do we feel then given the front page news if Taranaki midwives being anti vax and making us all look like selfish people who don’t care about our clients?
Totally.
Most important thing you can do at this moment. Vaccinate!
Approximately 5 people a day are treated for an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Aotearoa, which is about 2000 people annually.
Of the 2000 people responded to by emergency services, 25% will have a pulse when they arrive at a hospital and only 13% will survive more than 30 days following a cardiac arrest.
Minutes count, the best way to save lives is by responding quickly by calling 111, doing CPR by pushing hard and fast in the middle of the chest and getting a defibrillator as soon as possible.
On Restart a Heart Day we join the world in promoting the importance of bystander CPR in saving lives.
#CallPushShock #CPRSavedMyLife #RestartAHeart #WorldRestartAHeart
6 days ago
Listen, I'm all for this but I would like to express my dissapointment in my professional body for choosing to promote this yet nothing about getting behind Super Saturday and promoting vaccination. Pregnant women are 5 times more likely to need hospitalization of they get covid. In the UK 1 in 6 of people admitted to ICU are hapu. Come on NZCOM, please do better.