WELCOME, TENA KOUTOU KATOA, KIA ORANA, TALOFA LAVA, MALO LELEI, FAKAALOFA ATU. Welcome to the July 2020 issue of the MSCC’s Newsletter Maternity Services Consumer Council (MSCC) Turns 30! In April, in the middle of “Alert Level 4 Lockdown”, the …
We look at the evidence that supports primary birthing options and the state of primary birthing units in several parts of the country.
We compare local and national maternity statistics to see if midwifery care throughout the maternity experience supports physiological pregnancy, labour, birth and breastfeeding, and reduces the rate of interventions experienced by birthing mamas. We share women’s experiences of continuity of care from the joint maternity consumer survey (July 2018).
We summarize the data in the 2017 Report on Maternity, specifically in terms of its impact on breastfeeding. Our analysis is accompanied by statements from women who responded to the 2018 on-line survey.
In this edition, MSCC has continued to “mine” the data provided by women, to the joint on-line maternity consumer survey undertaken by Women’s Health Action, MSCC, MAMA Maternity and La Leche League.
An in depth look at a number of the areas of the maternity services investigated by the NMMG and add consumer feedback relating to these from the online national consumer survey that was co-sponsored by Women’s Health Action, Maternity Services Consumer Council, MAMA Maternity and La Leche League.
MSCC recently co-sponsored an online consumer questionnaire asking women to evaluate their maternity care experience. In this edition of the newsletter, we have chosen to focus on the information shared about their postnatal experiences.