Rural & Regional Maternity Services
Rural and regional maternity services face unique challenges in providing sustainable, high-quality care for women in their communities. This network supports clinicians and services by sharing knowledge, resources, and best practices to ensure safe and effective maternity care for women in rural and regional areas.
Who is it for?
Managers and clinical leaders from rural and regional maternity services interested in sharing challenges, resources, and innovations to enable high-quality maternity care closer to home.
Presentation: Perinatal Interprofessional Psychosocial Education for Maternity Clinicians
Louise Everitt, Clinical Midwifery Consultant | PIPE-MC Project Manager, St George Hospital NSW
Prof Virginia Schmied, Professor of Midwifery | PIPE-MC Project Lead
Recent Conversations
- Perinatal Interprofessional Psychosocial Education for Maternity Clinicians (PIPE-MC) – showcases the PIPE-MC program’s innovative, evidence-based interprofessional training, strengthening clinicians’ skills and confidence in supporting women with complex perinatal mental health and psychosocial needs.
- Virtual Women’s Assessment Service: The Women’s & Children’s Hospital SA – highlights how South Australia’s Virtual Women’s Assessment Service delivers timely, patient-centred care to women from early pregnancy through the postnatal period.
- Understanding the Australian Midwifery Workforce: using the past to plan for the future – offers a clear overview of midwifery workforce trends and FUCHSIA study insights, highlighting the key challenges and priority actions needed to build a sustainable midwifery profession.
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