services within the health system and provides a strategic national framework to guide ongoing policy and program development. Annual Reports against the Plan have been published for the 2010-11 and 2011-12 periods. During the 2012-13 period progress has been positive. The four key priorities of the Plan – access, service delivery, workforce and infrastructure continue to be addressed with a number of significant achievements: - The Pregnancy, Birth and Baby helpline has received more than 105,000 calls to 30 June 2013 and the new Pregnancy, Birth and Baby web portal was launched in January 2013. The Australian Health Council (AHMAC) endorsed the following Ministers’ Advisory Maternity Services Inter-jurisdictional Committee (MSIJC) documents: Characteristics of Culturally Competent Maternity Care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People ; National Woman Held Pregnancy Record; Birthing on Country Literature Review; and Birthing on Country Workshop Report; The Standing Council on Health (SCoH): endorsed the National Maternity Services Capability Framework; endorsed the Health Health Workforce 2025 Doctors, Workforce Australia’s – Nurses and Midwives; and agreed to vary the Determination on Collaborative Arrangements to enable agreements between midwives and hospital and health services. A Principles document provides guidance for eligible midwives and obstetricians about appropriate communication in relation to the care of women who choose an eligible midwife as their maternity care coordinator. The National Core Maternity Indicators report, providing a baseline for the first ten indicators, was endorsed by AHMAC and released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) and National Perinatal Epidemiology and Statistics Unit (NPESU) in March 2013. The Clinical Practice Guidelines Antenatal Care Module 1 were approved by the – National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), endorsed by AHMAC and published on the Department of Health website in March 2013. The MSIJC hosted a workshop on Birthing on Country in Alice Springs in July 2012. All Australian governments and relevant agencies should be congratulated on the achievements to date. A continued collaborative working relationship between these key stakeholders will ensure the continued successful implementation of the remainder of activities under the Plan. Tracy Martin Chair Maternity Services Inter-Jurisdictional Committee BACKGROUND The Plan was endorsed by the former Australian Health Conference (now the Ministers’ SCoH), on 12 November 2010. The Plan provides a national framework to guide policy
services within the health system and provides a strategic national framework to guide ongoing policy and program development. Annual Reports against the Plan have been published for the 2010-11 and 2011-12 periods. During the 2012-13 period progress has been positive. The four key priorities of the Plan – access, service delivery, workforce and infrastructure continue to be addressed with a number of significant achievements: - The Pregnancy, Birth and Baby helpline has received more than 105,000 calls to 30 June 2013 and the new Pregnancy, Birth and Baby web portal was launched in January 2013. The Australian Health Ministers’ Advisory Council (AHMAC) endorsed the following Maternity Services Inter-jurisdictional Committee (MSIJC) documents: Characteristics of Culturally Competent Maternity Care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People ; National Woman Held Pregnancy Record; Birthing on Country Literature Review; and Birthing on Country Workshop Report; The Standing Council on Health (SCoH): endorsed the National Maternity Services Capability Framework; endorsed the Health Workforce Australia’s Health Workforce 2025 – Doctors, Nurses and Midwives; and agreed to vary the Determination on Collaborative Arrangements to enable agreements between midwives and hospital and health services. A Principles document provides guidance for eligible midwives and obstetricians about appropriate communication in relation to the care of women who choose an eligible midwife as their maternity care coordinator. The National Core Maternity Indicators report, providing a baseline for the first ten indicators, was endorsed by AHMAC and released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) and National Perinatal Epidemiology and Statistics Unit (NPESU) in March 2013. The Clinical Practice Guidelines Antenatal Care – Module 1 were approved by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), endorsed by AHMAC and published on the Department of Health website in March 2013. The MSIJC hosted a workshop on Birthing on Country in Alice Springs in July 2012. All Australian governments and relevant agencies should be congratulated on the achievements to date. A continued collaborative working relationship between these key stakeholders will ensure the continued successful implementation of the remainder of activities under the Plan. Tracy Martin Chair Maternity Services Inter-Jurisdictional Committee BACKGROUND The Plan was endorsed by the former Australian Health Ministers’ Conference (now the SCoH), on 12 November 2010. The Plan provides a national framework to guide policy
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