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Retaining midwifery skills

This afternoon I will return to Sydney, ahead of an Active Birth workshop in Sydney for the next two days. This has been a very busy round of workshops, and before I leave next Monday for the UK and the hectic schedule planned for that trip, I will be finalising my program for the second half of the year in Australia.

I will be offering more Active Birth workshops in Australia this year than I do usually, because I am concerned that the rapidly rising rates for intervention (our caesarean section rate is hovering around a national figure of 25%) midwifery care is being steadily eroded and our midwives run the risk of losing some of their skills in supporting women without epidurals etc.

When the new models of midwifery care are established (and I remain very optimistic about this prospect) we will need midwives who feel competent to take on autonomous practice as either independent practitioners or as members of small teams. We must find ways to retain the core skills of being “with women” amongst experienced practitioners so that they can mentor and nurture their colleagues in these new ways of working. My workshops are a small step in this process and I will continue to offer them as long as people feel they are performing a useful service (and my stamina holds out!). The year is slipping away so quickly and there is so much to be done.......

Posted by andrea at May 20, 2003 10:47 AM

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