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Associate Minister of
Health
New measures to help bolster the
midwifery workforce as they care for the next generation of
New Zealanders, have been announced today by Associate
Minister of Health Dr Ayesha Verrall.
“New
Zealand’s midwives are committed to the wellbeing of women
and whānau, but they’re facing significant challenges.
The DHB midwifery workforce has been shrinking, while demand
for their services and expertise is increasing,” Ayesha
Verrall said.
“In order to support them, clinical
coaches will stand shoulder to shoulder with midwives on the
maternity wards, as they care for the health and medical
needs of pregnant and birthing women.
Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall
The Government is promising significant change to a programme which supports the health, development and wellbeing of all tamariki from birth until five years old.
“For more than 100 years there has been some form of health screening surveillance of children, and support available to whānau. But that programme has not kept up with the needs of modern families,” said Associate Minister of Health Dr Ayesha Verrall.
“Screening of babies, parenting support and advice is delivered through Well Child Tamariki Ora, by Whānau Āwhina Plunket and more than 60 other predominantly Māori and Pacific non-government organisations.
Press Release – New Zealand Government
The Government is promising significant change to a programme which supports the health, development and wellbeing of all tamariki from birth until five years old.
Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall
Associate Minister of Health
The Government is promising significant change to a programme which supports the health, development and wellbeing of all tamariki from birth until five years old.
“For more than 100 years there has been some form of health screening surveillance of children, and support available to whānau. But that programme has not kept up with the needs of modern families,” said Associate Minister of Health Dr Ayesha Verrall.
Associate Minister of
Health
Changes to how community midwives are
paid, will better recognise the time and travel required in
more remote parts of New Zealand - and the service provided
to mothers and whānau with complex needs.
“The
Primary Maternity Services Notice has been upgraded, to
better fund care for women and whānau in rural areas, and
those with complex clinical or social needs,” says
Associate Minister of Health Dr Ayesha Verrall.
The
Notice sets out how self-employed primary maternity care
providers are paid, and remunerates midwives for services
provided from the beginning of pregnancy until six weeks