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2020 fitting as International Year of Nurse and Midwife
When the World Health Organisation chose 2020 as the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife, no one could have predicted a global COVID-19 pandemic.
Nurses and midwives have been key to Western Australia’s COVID-19 response, continuing to provide a quality 24/7 service to the community despite physical distancing requirements and lockdowns.
Innovation and technology (telehealth services) helped reshape business as usual for nurses and midwives as they continued to care for the State’s most vulnerable people.
Thanks to the City of Perth, the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife will be celebrated with displays on public screens at Forrest Place, Northbridge Plaza and Yagan Square. Trafalgar Bridge in East Perth will also be lit up this week.
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$11 million to reduce rates of heartbreaking stillbirths
The Morrison Government will provide $11 million to fast track a new national plan to reduce the number of stillbirths, ensuring families affected get the respectful bereavement care they need.
Tragically, there are six stillbirths each day in Australia. That means suffering and loss for more than 2,000 families every year.
Such loss is particularly hard as mothers and fathers prepare to welcome a new life into their families. A time of joy is replaced with heartbreak.
Despite increasing evidence that many stillbirths can be prevented, there has been little change in the stillbirth rate in Australia over the past two decades.