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Access to midwifery continuity of care for childbearing women in the Australian health system

Equitable access to high quality maternity care is a critical priority for all health systems (Koblinsky et al. 2016; United…

Workforce

Transforming maternity care requires the full contribution of the midwifery profession

Adjunct Professor Jocelyn Toohill PhD Midwives play a critical role in healthcare. Unfortunately, most health leaders, and many health professionals…

Education

New research from the Transforming Maternity Care Collaborative Team

Collectively, the Transforming Maternity Care Collaborative generate a large volume of high quality, impactful research. This week has seen the…

Workforce

Overcoming barriers to obstetric support for midwifery continuity of care models

by Midwives Siubhan McCaffery and Professor Jenny Gamble, with Obstetrician Kirsten Small One of the frequently mentioned barriers to the…

Practice Translation

Preventing stillbirth: What works best?

Preventing stillbirth has been, and continues to be, a major focus in both practice and research in maternity care. Reducing…

Practice Translation

Implementing continuity of midwifery carer – just a friendly face?

Professor Rhona McInnes led a research team in Scotland as they closely examined the process of implementing a midwifery continuity…

Workforce

Maternity continuity of care model changing lives

Our workforce studies show working in continuity of care is better for midwives and women and helps retain this very…