Midwives

• Prairie Mountain Health pauses midwifery birth services for 6 months

  Midwives will still provide care before and after a baby is born, but the birth itself will be handled by doctors and nurses at hospitals.

  Health

  Mar 26
  
• Ontario midwives can now administer routine vaccines, prescribe more drugs

  Sylvia Jones announced the expanded scope for midwives, saying it will connect more people to convenient care and reduce the need for referrals to other professionals.

  Health

  May 3, 2024
  
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• Ontario plans to expand midwives’ prescribing power

  Ontario is planning to expand the list of drugs that midwives can prescribe and administer, including allowing them to prescribe birth control.

  Health

  Oct 27, 2023
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• Inside the push to end ‘birth evacuations’ in Indigenous communities

  The practice of "birth evacuation," was put in place by the federal government decades ago, with the intention of reducing infant mortality rates, according to a 2021 study.

  Health

  Sep 29, 2023
• Alberta election: Smith and Notley hone in on health care

  Both leaders announced improvements to the health-care system on Saturday, with Rachel Notley focusing on physician recruitment and Danielle Smith narrowing in on obstetrics.

  Politics

  May 13, 2023
• Ontario to expand list of tests midwives can order; midwives say it’s a first step

  Ontario is set to expand the list of tests midwives can order and perform, as part of the government's push to increase community care options and ease health system pressures.

  Health

  Apr 5, 2023
• West Kelowna nurse reprimanded for harassing text messages

  A West Kelowna nurse who breached patient privacy has had her professional licence suspended for 10 weeks, according to a Consent Resolution Agreement.

  Health

  Mar 8, 2023
• Positive record for babies delivered by midwives: UBC study

  New research from the University of British Columbia shows midwives are handling more complex pregnancies, and are doing it well.

  Health

  Feb 27, 2023
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• ‘Significant loss’: Midwives, mothers concerned by midwife shortage in Abbotsford, B.C.

  When Alescia Richardson started 13 years ago, she said there were about 21 midwives with primary privileges in the community. By her count, there will soon be less than 10.

  Health

  May 5, 2022
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• COVID-19: Interior Health needs help distributing vaccinations

  Qualified health-care workers of all stripes are being called upon to help Interior Health get COVID-19 vaccines into people's arms.

  News

  Dec 22, 2021