Pharmac have announced that from 1 July 2019 funding of the pertussis (whooping cough) vaccine will include pregnant women in the second and third trimester of their pregnancy, as well as parents or primary caregivers of infants admitted to a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit or Specialist Care Baby Unit for more than 3 days.

At a time when parts of New Zealand and some DHB’s are struggling to recruit, numbers provided by the regulatory body, the Midwifery Council, show that at the end of April this year, 3171 midwives had APC’s, that’s 102 more than in 2018.

A chronic shortage of hospital and community midwives has brought the maternity services sector to crisis point after years campaigning for pay increases. Cate Broughton and Jo McKenzie-McLean report. https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/113637276/will-more-babies-be-born-on-the-side-of-the-road

Changes to legislation come into effect on 1st July 2019 which are designed to support agencies working with whanau/families and tamariki to share information so that the woman and baby can be supported to be…

Media Release                                                                                                          14 June 2019 A new mum popped in to meet the midwives at Fieldays today. The Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, chatted with local midwives this morning after heading away with a…

Please find attached: ·        a letter notifying the Ministry’s intention to amend the fee schedule of Primary Maternity Services Notice 2007 ·        the draft Primary Maternity Services Amendment Notice…

Media Statement      10 June 2019   For this first time this year, midwives will have a stand at Fieldays at Mystery Creek in Hamilton. Midwives play a vital role in the health and…

Media Release 30 May 2019 Midwives, Babies and Mothers Overlooked in Another ‘Smoke and Mirrors’ Budget “Disappointing” is how the College of Midwives is describing the budget announcement today. Chief Executive, Alison Eddy, says the…