“I’m sorry.” These are the words that Naomi Bowden repeated as she tearfully attempted to get through her opening statement to a New South Wales parliamentary inquiry into birth trauma in Wollongong. Ms Bowden tearfully spoke about her daughter, Bella, ...

Chronic shortages of midwives in hospitals are causing various workforce issues, such as ineffective leadership and burnout – leading to a dire future for the midwifery workforce. The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare reported a record number of babies ...

Yesterday, Queensland midwives rallied outside of Parliament House, calling for urgent funding from the state government. In June this year, the state government invested $42 million to help maternity services in rural and remote communities. However, it was revealed that ...

Working women in Australia are still earning hundreds of dollars less per week than men. On average, women earn $252.30 less per week than their male colleagues, according to data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). This adds up ...

A groundbreaking study is investigating the 'overlooked issue' of midwives coping with their own birthing trauma and its impact on their professional lives.  It's estimated that one in three women who deliver a baby experience some level of trauma. But ...

NSW's two major parties have committed to employing more healthcare staff, upgrading hospitals and allocating funding towards women's health, with less than a week out of the election. On March 25, millions of East-coast Australians are anticipated to take to ...

Nurses and midwives across NSW are filing a major case in the Supreme Court over claims patients are missing out on more than 100,000 hours of care in public hospitals. Health Minister Brad Hazzard has argued the action is “purely ...

A chronic shortage of midwives in public hospitals is causing women to be discharged without proper postnatal care, midwives have said. Earlier this year, NSW hospitals had over 500 vacancies for full-time midwifery positions, resulting in women leaving hospital within two days ...

Australia faces a critical shortage of nurses over the next decade unless governments address dwindling job opportunities, an over-reliance on skilled migration, and a lack of training in aged care.  With projections that Australia is to be short more than ...

An Australian lecturer has helped design an east African nation’s first bachelor of midwifery curriculum. Anna Bosco, from Curtin University, was the only international representative during the two-week midwifery curriculum meeting held in Tanzania’s capital, Dodoma. Bosco was invited by ...