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Email: healthpolicy@health.wa.gov.au
Tel: (08) 9489 2800
The Women’s and Newborns’ Health Network are proud winners of the 2009 WA Healthy Resources Award for the expansion of the Baby Friendly Health Initiative in WA hospitals with maternity facilities.
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Publications of interest
- Report of the Maternity Services Review, February 2009
- Review of home births in Western Australia, August 2008
- Models of Maternity Care: A review of the Evidence 2007 (PDF 1.22MB)
- WA Health Perinatal publications and report
Related websites
- Map of Obstetric Services in Western Australia
- Having a baby in Perth service directory
- Office of the Chief Nurse and Midwife
- WA Perinatal Mental Health Unit
- Telethon Institute for Child Health Research
- Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
- Australian College of Midwives
Current projects to improve health care in WA
- Local input into National Maternity Services Plan
- Development of guidelines for elective caesarean section before 39 weeks
- Local input into National Breastfeeding Strategy
- Collaborative Telethon Institute of Child Health Research projects
- Culturally appropriate communication and decision making processes between Indigenous families and health care providers
Visit our news page for more information on our current activities.
Completed projects
- Baby Friendly Health Initiative (BFHI)
- Development of guidelines for immersion in water for pain management in labour and/or birth (Operational Directive 0230/09)
- Antenatal services audit for Aboriginal women and assessment of Aboriginal content in health education in Western Australia. (PDF 170KB)
- Framework for the Care of Neonates (PDF 498KB)
- Improving Maternity Services Policy Framework
Visit Health Networks’ Models of Care to view our completed Models of Care and for information about implementation.