Safety and Quality in Maternity Care
This network is a multidisciplinary group created to support clinicians to improve the safety and quality of care provided to women and newborns through sharing collaborative innovations, new research, and projects.
Who is it for?
Obstetricians, midwives, and quality & safety experts interested in discussing clinical benchmarking data, research insights and clinical practice issues with a view to improving the safety and quality of maternity care.
Presentation: Insights from a Publicly Funded Homebirth Program
Sheryl Sidery, Midwifery Educator
Prof Allison Cummins, Head of Midwifery, University of Newcastle
Recent Conversations
- Right@Home: Advancing Equity in Early Childhood – showcases the Right@Home initiative, a sustained nurse home-visiting program delivering equity-focused early childhood care, improving outcomes for families experiencing adversity.
- ADIPS 2025 Consensus Recommendations for GDM – presents the 2025 ADIPS Consensus Recommendations, updating gestational diabetes screening, diagnosis, and risk-informed care for consistent, evidence-based practice.
- Insights from a Publicly Funded Homebirth Program – explores a publicly funded homebirth program within MGP, showing improved maternity outcomes and the importance of mentorship, education, and birth setting.
- Establishing the Safety of Waterbirth for Mothers and Babies – highlights findings from the POOL study, showing that waterbirth is safe for low-risk women and emphasising the importance of midwifery judgement in supporting women’s choices.
To discover WHA’s upcoming events, visit our Events Page.
Online Members Community
Upcoming Events
Zoom Meeting
Implementing weight change care in pregnancy: evidence...
June 30th, 2026 12:30 PM - June 30th, 2026 1:30 PM AEST
Despite clear evidence that weight change outside recommended ranges is associated with increased risk of adverse maternal and infant outcomes,...
Zoom Meeting
Aligning the implementation of gestational diabetes guidelines...
July 21st, 2026 12:30 PM - July 21st, 2026 1:30 PM AEST
This presentation explores how gestational diabetes (GDM) guidelines align with women’s lived experiences of maternity care, with a focus on...
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