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Community Midwifery Programs opens Atwell Clinic 17 January 2022 The CMP team are excited to announce that the new Atwell Community Midwifery Program (CMP) Clinic has recently opened, bringing maternity care for women in the southern suburbs closer to their home. As the only publicly funded home birth program of its kind in Australia, the Community Midwifery Program consists of 14 midwives working together in a midwifery group practice (MGP) model of care. The CMP offers the option of birthing at home, at the Family Birth Centre, in stand-alone birthing rooms or at a public hospital with a known midwife. The CMP provides all antenatal care in the community at one of their three clinics and approximately 450 ‘low risk’ women choose this model of pregnancy care each year. Located in Atwell, women in the southern suburbs who choose Community Midwifery Program will have access to the same quality of care they would receive in a hospital enviro... -
King Eddies’ welcomes WA Metro’s first baby of 2022 05 January 2022 Baby Imogen came early for parents Rebekah and Ben, assisted by Primary Midwife Amber at King Edward Memorial Hospital, at 12:12am. Mum Rebekah said she hadn’t had time to go on maternity leave, let alone prepare at home for the arrival of impatient Imogen, who came three weeks early at 36+3, weighing a healthy 2.65kg! After spending four days at KEMH, Rebekah said they were happy to be back at home and introduce Imogen to their son. “Thank you to the great staff at KEMH for all of their help. I recovered quickly and am in ‘go-mode’ now!” The next baby born was at Midland at 12:17am then Armadale at 12:42am. All wonderful starts to the New Year. -
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Flying the flag for people living with rare diseases 23 December 2021 Clinical Geneticist Professor Gareth Baynam works tirelessly to raise awareness of the unmet needs of the more than 300 million people living with a rare disease around the world. As part of an international Rare Disease Advocacy Movement, coordinated by Rare Diseases International, Professor Baynam has been previously invited to present at both the United Nations Headquarters and Microsoft Headquarters to highlight the complex challenges faced by families living with a rare disease. More recently he was an invited speaker at a formal UN Side Event. The goal was to advocate the need for the United Nations to adopt a formal resolution on the topic which for those who don’t know, is a formalised expression of the UN opinion on a topic. The resolution was adopted last week and a very excited Professor Baynam said this is a momentous step towards transforming the lives of so many peo... -
Our very own Human Rights Award Finalist for the United Nations Association of Australia 20 December 2021 Although we are a little late in recognising this fantastic achievement – we’d like to congratulate our very own Natasha Cunningham, Project Manager at Women and Newborn Health Service for her achievement in being announced as a Human Rights Award Finalist for the United Nations Association of Australia (WA Division) awards. Natasha has a profound moral compass with human rights , especially with access to health and education. She volunteers much of her time in promoting human rights both nationally and internationally, for organisations like the World Health Organisation and studied Human Rights Law at Harvard University where she focused on children's rights. Natasha’s biggest advocacy is the belief that every child should receive the same education and health irrespective of their socio-economic background. You’ll see Natasha around at WNHS@ Osborne Park in... -
Ever thought about a sea change? 06 December 2021 The Western Australian Government is supporting international recruitment in response to critical workforce shortages and will include travel exemptions and financial incentives of up to $8,000 to cover your flight and quarantine costs for the sea change you’ve always dreamt of. Do not miss this! Opportunities exist for midwives to join our King Edward Memorial Hospital (affectionally known as King Eddies) family over here in Western Australia. In 2021 we celebrate 105 years of caring for women and their infants at King Eddies and as Western Australia's only level 6 tertiary hospital for women we provide specialised care for our most vulnerable women. We offer wonderful career development opportunities and are currently going through a rapid recruitment process to fastrack those midwives who want to consider joining our team. We have outstanding continuity of care models and of...
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