Midwifery

Campaigners seek maternity shake-up

24 May 2012

New Zealand's midwifery system has come in for criticism following the death of a baby and his mother after a routine labour went wrong.Casey Nathan, 20, died at Waikato Hospital hours after the delivery of her son at Birthcare...

Midwives funding faces government cut

22 May 2012

BALLARAT Health Services will continue to work with midwives who operate in the region’s rural communities despite a state government decision to withdraw funding from a midwifery education and support program.

Baby death leads to unit changes

16 May 2012

A hospital's head of midwifery told an inquest changes have been introduced following the death of baby last year.