Improving the Delivery of Maternity Care: sharing the lessons learnt


Session 1
  • Dr Simon Towler
    The power of engaging the community and clinicians in planning for maternity services [download]
  • Prof Cathy Warwick CBE
    Strengthening Midwifery: Improving Care for Women [download]
  • Prof Karen Simmer
    Improving Neonatal Capacity in WA [download]
  • Dr Jolyon Ford
    Improving Care through Collaborative Training in Obstetrics [download]
Session 2
  • Dr Janet Baldwin, Alison Brodrick and Nicky Mason
    Focus on normal birth and reducing Caesarean section rates: a self-improvement toolkit [download]
  • Tracy Martin
    Next Birth After Caesarean (NBAC) Clinic: An innovative midwifery- led initiative to deliver quality cost-effective maternity care and decrease the caesarean section rate [download]
  • Sara Bayes, Caroline Dufton and Heather Nunan
    Improving womens experience of scheduled caesarean section [download]
Session 3
  • Maree Dell
    Great Expectations: Improving the delivery of maternity care at the Womens Melbourne) and the lessons learnt [download]
  • Lorraine Beaty
    Applying Lean Thinking Concepts and Principles in a Busy Antenatal Clinic Setting: The Highs and the Lows [download]
  • Celia Viccars and Julie Arthur
    High Risk Pregnancy Doesnt Have to Mean Fragmented Care! [download]
Session 3a
  • Lyn Gum
    Service Improvements Following Clinical Simulation in Maternity Training in 4 Rural Hospitals [download]
  • Lauren Newman
    Looking Forward, Looking Back. Sustainable models of Maternity Care at Northeast Health Wangaratta (NHW) [download]
  • Sonia Dawson
    Transformation of Midwifery Services at Nickol Bay Hospital [download]
Session 4
  • Claire Henderson
    Meeting the Needs of Pregnant Women and Their Families Who Use Drugs and Alcohol Perth, Western Australia [download]
  • Jenny Richards and Jan Rourke
    The Earlier the Better: A model of care for vulnerable families [download]
  • Annette Garvey-Graham
    Lessons from Diasporas Daughters: Challenges in a cross-cultural environment [download]
Session 4a
  • Suellen Allen and Caroline Homer
    Understanding safety culture in maternity services, a window to improving safety in maternity care [download]
  • Tennika Jacobs
    Do clinical audits work? Improving category 1 caesarean section times in a level 2 obstetric unit [download]
  • Maureen Higgs and Lois McTaggart
    Social Circumstances Impacting on the Antenatal, Birth and Postnatal Experience [download]

Session 5
  • Dr Janet Hornbuckle
    Improving Maternity Services: Working Together Across Western Australia: A Policy Framework. Challenges for the WA Womens and Newborns Health Network [download]
  • Dr Elisabeth Murphy
    The NSW Health Aboriginal Maternal and Infant Health Service, overview, outcomes and implications [download]
  • Dr Ben Hartmann
    Donor Human Milk Banking in Australia [download]
  • Dr Kim Pedlow
    Action Research on the Introduction of the Rural Generalist Pathway in WA [download]
Session 6
  • Alison Teate, Caroline Homer and Nicki Leap
    Introducing a group model of antenatal care, Centering Pregnancy, into an Australian maternity health setting [download]
  • Julie Pratt
    Southern Midwifery Group Practice [download]
  • Karen Kruit and Lesley Nelson
    Aboriginal Maternity Group Practice [download]
  • Shelley Wilkinson, Yvette D. Miller PhD and Bernadette Watson PhD
    Integrating the Woman-Held Pregnancy Pocketbook into Standard Antenatal Care [download]
Session 6a
  • Amanda Edwards and Jennifer Gale
    Rural Maternity: Bringing Life Back into the Country [download]
  • Jill Banks
    Virtual tour of a maternity unit [download]
  • Nicole Hall
    Ramsay Health Cares Maternity Fundamentals Program [download]
Session 7
  • Catherine Smith
    Taking it to the bush: Caring for others but what about ourselves Clinical Supervision for Rural Midwives in NSW [download]
  • Julie Mate
    So you think you need more midwives? Birthrate Plus (R) in NSW: Trialling a Midwifery Workloads Tool [download]