94% Continuity of Care for women - the New Zealand way

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Maternity & Midwifery Forum

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<p>Series 10, Episode 9 - 21 June 2023</p><h2>Series 10 - Episode 9: 94% Continuity of Care for women - the New Zealand way</h2><p>This week we are looking at continuity of care with a wider lens. Sam will explore how a very small team designed and implemented the maternity care system in New Zealand where 94% of women get government funded continuity of midwifery care. We will be joined by Emma to look at midwifery continuity of carer and supporting parents-to-be in their pregnancy and birth choices, working flexibly to provide holistic, individualised care.</p><h3><strong>Hosted by:</strong></h3><ul><li><strong>Sue Macdonald, </strong>Midwifery Expert, Mayes Midwifery</li></ul><h3><strong>Contribution from:</strong></h3><ul><ul><li><strong>Sam Denny,</strong> Nurse, Midwife, Project Manager, <strong>WHO/IFEM</strong></li><li><strong>Emma McKay, </strong>Community Midwife, <strong>Hywel Dda University Health Board Community Midwifery Services</strong></li></ul></ul><h2><strong>Biographies</strong></h2><h3>Sam Denny</h3><p>I am a nurse, midwife, mother, project manager, and soon-to-be grandmother. I have championed healthcare improvement for as long as I have worked. I seek solutions in every context and can be tenacious in that quest. I’ve recently embarked on a new endeavour as a researcher to support ICM’s Push campaign for more midwifery-led continuity of carer across the globe. I was lead midwife on a national project in the 1990s in Aotearoa New Zealand to reform maternity services with a lead maternity carer for each woman and her whanau or family. We developed a bundled payment system with detailed service requirements and referral guidelines, all of which are regularly reviewed and still in place. I subsequently worked as project and program manager in other areas of healthcare including screening programs and emergency medicine in NZ and Australia. I am currently Project Manager for a WHO/IFEM project.</p><h3>Emma McKay</h3><p>Emma McKay is a community midwife working in rural West Wales. The North Ceredigion Team form part of Hywel Dda University Health Board community midwifery services. The team are passionate about midwifery continuity of carer and supporting parents-to-be in their pregnancy and birth choices, working flexibly to provide holistic, individualised care. The team are proud to have won several awards for their dedication to the local homebirth service and recognition of their outstanding contribution to maternity and midwifery services.</p>

<h3>Register your free place today to get a personalised reminder from us.</h3><h3>Join us at 7 pm on Wednesday at this hour-long online programme with live audience Q&amp;A to update your knowledge.</h3><h3>Live on <a href="https://www.maternityandmidwifery.co.uk/the-maternity-and-midwifery-hour/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><strong>Maternity and Midwifery Forum</strong></a> | 7pm London, UK | Wednesday's throughout 2022.<a href="https://www.maternityandmidwifery.co.uk/supporting-the-national-strategy-for-midwifery-in-the-united-arab-emirates/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"></a></h3>

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<h2>Catch up on demand</h2><p>Every episode is available free after the live stream – this is created especially for you by <strong>Neil Stewart Associates</strong> and filmed by <strong>Narrowcast Media Group</strong> and is available from <a href="http://www.youtube.com/c/maternitymidwiferyforum" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Midwifery Forum’s YouTube</a> – don’t forget to subscribe to our channel.</p><p>Catch up on the highlights with our supporters -  <a href="https://www.matflix.co.uk/blog" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">MATFLIX.</a></p>

<p><strong>Hosted by: </strong><a href="https://www.maternityandmidwifery.co.uk/the-maternity-and-midwifery-hour/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><strong>Maternity and Midwifery Forum</strong></a><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Produced by: </strong><a href="https://www.neilstewartassociates.co.uk/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><strong>Neil Stewart Associates</strong></a></p><p><strong>Supported by: </strong><a href="https://www.matflix.co.uk" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><strong>MATFLIX</strong></a></p><p><strong>Filmed by: </strong><a href="https://www.narrowcastmedia.co.uk/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><strong>Narrowcast Media Group </strong></a></p><p>Follow:  <strong>@MidwiferyForum</strong> on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MidwiferyForum" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/MidwiferyForum" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/midwiferyforum/?hl=en" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Instagram</a>, or <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/maternity-and-midwifery-forum" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">LinkedIn</a>.</p><h3>Register your free place today to get a personalised reminder from us.</h3>

<h3>Funding tiers</h3><p>£35 helps keep our festival places free to all midwives, students and maternity staff.</p><p>£49 helps keep our festivals free and supports the Maternity and Midwifery Hour weekly podcast programme, contributors also receive a 1 year subscription to MATFLIX.</p><p>£69 includes all of the above and also provides a free 1 year MATFLIX subscription to a maternity or midwifery professional from a low or middle income country developing services for pregnant women along with your own subscriptions.</p><h2>To make a donation, <a href="https://www.maternityandmidwifery.co.uk/support-us/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">click here</a></h2>

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