A review of maternity services headed by chief nurse Rosemary Bryant has recommended changes to Commonwealth funding arrangements to enable midwives to be able to undertake a greater role and allow them to provide taxpayer-subsidised drugs and care.
It recommends appropriately-qualified midwives being able to access Medicare and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme and suggests the government provides professional indemnity insurance support to midwives, however it rejects Commonwealth funding for home births.
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