Better health and ageing for all Australians

Maternity Services Review

Consultation Process

The Australian Government is strongly committed to improving maternity services and it understands the importance to women of having a range of birthing options available.

In this section:

Submissions

The Department prepared Improving Maternity Services in Australia: A Discussion Paper from the Australian Government. Submissions from interested stakeholders in response to the Discussion Paper were sought between 10 September 2008 and 31 October 2008.

The submission period for the Maternity Services Review has now closed.

The Department has now completed the publication of submissions.

Roundtable forums

The Department conducted a series of invitation only roundtable forums, hosted by the Commonwealth Chief Nurse and Midwifery Officer, Ms Rosemary Bryant, with a range of organisations and individuals on a series of key topics, including:

  • Effective Data collection, Monitoring, Reporting and Research
  • Assessing and Managing High-Risk Pregnancy
  • Workforce Standards, Quality and Inter-Professional Collaboration
  • Alternate and Midwife-led Models of Care
  • Indigenous Perspectives
  • Peer and Social Support in the Perinatal Period

Roundtable forums summary report (PDF 43 KB)
Roundtable forums summary report (Word 73 KB)

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