A new report detailing Indigenous patients' experiences of hospital care has affirmed the importance of supporting the midwifery workforce, according to UWS researcher and registered midwife Renae Coleman. Recent insights from the Bureau of Health Information (BHI) found that Aboriginal women ...

Health outcomes for indigenous women during pregnancy could be improved with the growing number of Aboriginal midwives. For the last 20 years Aboriginal peri-natal mortality has been well above the average and has not improved. One critical way to address ...