Midwifery

A long-running campaign by midwives battling heavy workloads has led to legislation aimed at making maternity wards safer in Queensland. Minimum midwife-to-patient

A month after the Australian College of Midwives identified a gap in professional indemnity insurance for privately practising midwives, the loophole has still not been closed.

Giving birth can be one of the most vulnerable, exciting, magical, painful and frightening times - or combination of - in a woman's life, depending on her personal experience.

Queensland is creating a new position of chief midwife and has promised to expand maternity services following demands for action over staffing shortages. Health

Angry midwives stormed Parliament House this month to protest the Palaszczuk government’s budget failure, amid national midwife shortages threatening to plunge the sector

Greater diversity within the midwifery sector is necessary to address staff shortages as well as improve outcomes for Indigenous and culturally diverse mothers and babies,

Queensland's health minister will meet with representatives of the state's midwives this week as they march on parliament to highlight unsafe conditions.

Professor Sally Tracy, an Australian midwife, midwifery researcher, author and activist comes from a long line of midwives

Two homebirths that required an ambulance to be called have landed a Melbourne midwife with a suspension. Ulyana Kora will be suspended for three months after

A study from the Royal Women’s Hospital and La Trobe University confirms Aboriginal, and Torres Strait Islander families receive high standards of care when patients

Pregnant women in Victoria's second-largest city will have to find a new hospital after Epworth HealthCare confirmed plans to close its maternity service in Geelong.

Pregnant patients in the Victorian city of Geelong are searching for a new hospital after one of the largest in the region announced plans to close its maternity service.

Australia has reported its lowest birth rate in more than a decade, as the average age of first-time parents continues to increase. The country's birth

Sarah Watts delivered her first baby before she became a midwife. While working as a nurse in a general ward at a hospital in rural England, Ms Watts tended

A ground-breaking project set up to protect the health of Aboriginal mothers and their families in rural communities by optimising the screening and management of hyperglycaemia

For NSW-based midwife Astra Joynt, her work is about much more than just caring for women giving birth. It’s about developing relationships with families, and setting

Over the past 2 years we have avoided hugs and handshakes, stayed at home and quarantined, and experienced important life events alone. We have been reduced to

Researchers at Monash University have developed new software which delivers advanced sound quality of heart and lung monitoring for preterm and full term babies, and can be

Growing evidence shows that many parents begin the decision-making process about infant vaccination during pregnancy and these decisions – once established – may

Being able to make positive change in a patient’s journey is the driving force behind Jane Palmer’s career as a midwife. “It mightn't