Today the Fourth Atlas of Healthcare Variation was launched, and I was just asked to comment on it on ABC Perth. It is a report by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, and its number one concern was the rising number of early planned births...
I am not sure how I missed it but the “Western Australia’s Mothers and Babies, 2015, 33rd Annual Report” was released in July 2019. As always I wonder why there is a 4 year lag on reporting the data, and how different the actual data for 2019 would...
With all the talk and fear surrounding Pregnancy and Covid-19 at the moment, I thought it might be good to talk about a really positive benefit that I am seeing: an undisturbed pregnancy. People have already commented on how the planet is enjoying the reduced...
Have you been offered a Stretch and Sweep at 38 weeks? I have been wondering about the evidence around offering all women a stretch and sweep at 38 weeks. This is something more and more Obstetricians and Midwives are doing in Perth. One area this has...
I have updated my graph for c/section rates in Perth Hospitals because I have been able to fill in some of the gaps. When the Western Australia’s Mothers and Babies, 2014 32nd Annual Report of the Western Australian Midwives’ Notification System was released in...
