Sustainable Maternity Services Workforce Options

The Sustainable Maternity Services Workforce Options Forum was held in May 2008.  The purpose of making the Report on Sustainable Maternity Services Workforce Options Workshop available electronically is to assist maternity services to

• Consider the issues inherent in planning, developing and implementing innovative solutions to local service and workforce challenges
• Explore sustainable maternity workforce options using the report as a resource

Since that time and to continue this work, the Maternity Services Program has

• Worked collaboratively with relevant sections of the Department to
• Continue to support the Nursing and Midwifery Scholarships
• Provide $153K for 9 rural and regional and 2 metropolitan maternity workforce projects
• Through the workforce initiative, funded a joint project between Midwifery Academics Victoria (MIDAC) and Eastern Health to develop a common midwifery clinical assessment tool 
• In addition, the Maternity and Newborn Clinical Network recently completed the Special Care Nursery project and is now exploring workforce models to maximise midwifery and newborn care

A summary of the project outcomes will be posted on this site once the project reports are complete.

Report on sustainable maternity services workforce options workshop (pdf, 151kb)

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