tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354191651322376251.post1709026552828304567..comments2023-10-07T03:24:51.098+11:00Comments on midwivesVictoria: Robyn Thompson reflects on midwifery todayUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354191651322376251.post-86638646429530735102012-06-05T12:55:34.306+10:002012-06-05T12:55:34.306+10:00Dear Robyn
I would like to respond briefly to your...Dear Robyn<br />I would like to respond briefly to your challenge to "STOP requesting doctors to sign off our practice, say thank you but NO this is inappropriate, we are professionals in our own right, please recognise that."<br />I think you are referring to the requirement in the legislation for a collaborative arrangement signed by a doctor, as part of the essential elements for Medicare rebates to be accessible by women in the care of Medicare-participating midwives.<br />Having a doctor 'sign off' on a midwife's practice is, as you say, unacceptable.<br />The way some midwives are handling the collaboration determination is to ask the doctor for a referral letter, referring the woman for antenatal and postnatal midwifery services. Doctors are use to referring patients to physiotherapists and dietitians and whoever. <br />Any doctor who responds to a request for collaboration with a suggestion that she/he would need to sign off on my practice is not suitable for collaboration, imho.Joy Johnstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16475164378153618715noreply@blogger.com