Events
We host web conferences, workshops, and forums, both in person and online, that are dedicated to issues of importance to our members. Listed below are the upcoming events for our Network Groups.
Listed below are the upcoming events:
Zoom Meeting
18 Jun 2026, 12:30pm - 1:30pm AEST
18 June 2026
- 18 June 2026
Midwifery practice in acute early pregnancy care provision in Australia: A Policy Brief
Maternity Unit Managers
This policy brief presents findings from new national research mapping the role and scope of the Australian midwifery workforce in acute early pregnancy care. The brief calls for structural reform to enable midwives to work to full scope across the entirety of pregnancy, including when women experience early pregnancy complications and loss. It highlights the importance of supporting continuity of midwifery care from confirmation of pregnancy, strengthening midwifery leadership, embedding comprehensive education, and optimising Early Pregnancy Assessment Service (EPAS) models nationally.
Zoom Meeting
30 Jun 2026, 12:30pm - 1:30pm AEST
30 June 2026
- 30 June 2026
Implementing weight change care in pregnancy: evidence and implications for midwives
Safety and Quality in Maternity Care
Despite clear evidence that weight change outside recommended ranges is associated with increased risk of adverse maternal and infant outcomes, Gestational weight gain (GWG) is frequently under prioritised in practice and surrounded by misinformation. This presentation will summarise the current evidence base underpinning GWG recommendations, outline relevant guidelines, and discuss key considerations for providing safe, respectful, and person centred care.
Zoom Meeting
9 Jul 2026, 12:30pm - 1:30pm AEST
9 July 2026
- 9 July 2026
CATSINaM's Position Statement to End Referral of Women to Child Protection Services for Missing Antenatal Appointments
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Maternity Care
Recently, The Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives (CATSINaM) has released a position statement calling for an end to referring women to child protection services for missing antenatal care appointments, explaining the significant harm the practice has on women and their babies, families and communities. The statement calls for maternity services to address concerns regarding antenatal care attendance by instead working with consumers and community groups to identify and address barriers to accessing culturally safe, trauma-aware, healing informed antenatal care.
Zoom Meeting
21 Jul 2026, 12:30pm - 1:30pm AEST
21 July 2026
- 21 July 2026
Aligning the implementation of gestational diabetes guidelines with women’s lived experience
Safety and Quality in Maternity Care
This presentation explores how gestational diabetes (GDM) guidelines align with women’s lived experiences of maternity care, with a focus on psychosocial impacts and the role of internalised and experienced stigma. It highlights implications for improving person-centred and empathic maternity care.
Zoom Meeting
22 Jul 2026, 12:30pm - 1:30pm AEST
22 July 2026
- 22 July 2026
Stronger connections for better outcomes
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Maternity Care
This presentation will include the background, rationale and findings of the ‘Baggarrook Yurrongi’ culturally tailored continuity of care model for First Nations families at three tertiary maternity services in Melbourne, with a focus on midwives' experiences of providing care in the model.
Zoom Meeting
24 Jul 2026, 12:30pm - 1:30pm AEST
24 July 2026
- 24 July 2026
Providing Enhanced Access for Child Health Services (PEACH): addressing inequities in hospital outcomes for Australian children from priority populations
Improving Value in Healthcare
This presentation shares findings from the PEACH program, which examines persistent inequities in hospital outcomes for children and young people from priority populations, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, refugee/asylum-seeking, interpreter-required, out-of-home care, and NDIS participants. Using linked hospital data (2015–2024) and lived experience insights, the study highlights significant differences in outcomes such as mortality, readmission, length of stay, and discharge against medical advice.
Zoom Meeting
30 Jul 2026, 12:30pm - 1:30pm AEST
30 July 2026
- 30 July 2026
From Hospital to Home: Implementing a Virtual Maternity Ward at the Royal Hospital for Women in Sydney
Improving Value in Healthcare
In Australia, virtual maternity care is now identified as a strategic government priority to meet the needs of a socially, culturally, and geographically diverse population. The Virtual Maternity Ward (VMW) at the Royal Hospital for Women (RHW) is the first service of its kind in Sydney. Women who may previously have required inpatient admission due to pregnancy complications are instead offered a hybrid model of care, that combines telehealth consultations with midwives and obstetricians and midwifery home visits.
Zoom Meeting
5 Aug 2026, 12:30pm - 1:30pm AEST
5 August 2026
- 5 August 2026
Restacking the Odds
Leading Thinkers Series
Access to high quality and comprehensive early childhood services are crucial in ensuring that every child, regardless of their background, can reach their potential. Yet, in Australia, 1 in 5 children are starting school developmentally behind their peers, unable to make the most of learning and life opportunities. These differences are unfair, unacceptable, and importantly, preventable. Restacking the Odds (RSTO) is a national early years systems reform initiative hosted by the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (Centre for Community Child Health), Social Ventures Australia (SVA) and Bain. It aims to tackle this challenge of children missing out on the early services they need to thrive by working with local partnerships to improve access to, and participation in, vital early childhood services.
Zoom Meeting
11 Aug 2026, 12:30pm - 1:30pm AEST
11 August 2026
- 11 August 2026
Language and Acknowledgement – shaping emotional care in early pregnancy loss
Safety and Quality in Maternity Care
One in 4 pregnancies ends in early loss (loss before 20 weeks of gestation), resulting in around 147,000 pregnancy losses in Australia each year. Unfortunately, many bereaved parents still report feeling unseen. Terms like “missed abortion” or “products of conception” may be medically correct—but they can feel deeply distressing, failing to acknowledge the loss of the developing baby. No healthcare provider intends harm, but the intense emotional emergency experienced by bereaved parents contrasts with the often routine medical management, creating an important mismatch. To overcome this mismatch, we developed the M-HELP (Mental Health and Early Loss of Pregnancy) support intervention; a co-designed program built together with patients, partners, and staff—from receptionists to midwives, nurses, anaesthetists, and obstetricians.
Zoom Meeting
9 Sep 2026, 12:30pm - 1:30pm AEST
9 September 2026
- 9 September 2026
Midwife continuity of care model in regional Australia: connections and social care for better pregnancy and birth outcomes
Clinical Educators
This presentation will showcase the findings of a recent research program evaluating the clinical data and anecdotal stories from clients about the benefits of Gateway Health’s midwife continuity of care model.
Zoom Meeting
17 Sep 2026, 12:30pm - 1:30pm AEST
17 September 2026
- 17 September 2026
The Evolution of the Butterfly Room: A Clinical Narrative of Bereavement Care
Perinatal Mental Health
Designed to provide privacy, emotional safety, and structured, trauma informed bereavement care, the Butterfly Room at Westmead Hospital enables coordinated input from bereavement midwives, social workers, and medical staff. The presentation will outline how the Bereavement Service and Butterfly Room were established, the bereavement pathway from referral through memory making, decision support, and follow up care, as well as key learnings from its implementation. A client story will be used to illustrate how the bereavement pathway is experienced in practice.
Face-to-Face
23 Nov 2026, 9:30am - 3:00pm AEDT
23 November 2026
- 24 November 2026
Safety & Quality in Maternity Care Insight Forum, 23-24 November 2026 at Stamford Grand Adelaide, Glenelg SA
Safety and Quality in Maternity Care
This Insight Forum offers a rich 2-day multidisciplinary meeting of shared learning and networking. Come and tap into the expertise of your peers who understand the opportunities and challenges of delivering optimal maternity care, and all have a common passion for making a difference to women and their families.
Face-to-Face
25 Nov 2026, 8:30am - 3:00pm AEDT
25 November 2026
- 25 November 2026
WHA Directors of Nursing and Midwifery Face to Face Meeting, 25 November 2026 at Stamford Grand Adelaide, Glenelg SA
Directors of Nursing and Midwifery
An invaluable opportunity for Directors of Nursing & Midwifery to connect, collaborate, and share issues and challenges within your services.
Face-to-Face
25 Nov 2026, 8:30am - 3:00pm AEDT
25 November 2026
- 25 November 2026
WHA Directors of Obstetric and Gynaecology Face to Face Meeting, 25 November 2026 at Stamford Grand Adelaide, Glenelg SA
Directors of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
An invaluable opportunity for Directors of Obstetric and Gynaecology to connect, collaborate, and share issues and challenges within your services.
