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National Publicly-funded Homebirth Consortium

Homebirth

The National Publicly-funded Homebirth Consortium is a network of the publicly-funded homebirth models of care in Australia.

The aims of the Consortium are to:

  • Establish a network of the publicly-funded homebirth models of care in Australia
  • Describe and compare the elements of the publicly-funded homebirth models of care across the country
  • Collate and report non-identified data from women who planned a publicly-funded home birth at the onset of labour
  • Explore and implement ways of collecting prospective data in the future on publicly-funded homebirth models
  • Act as a resource for new models being developed around the country
  • Provide a network to assist with the development and implementation of the Birthplace in Australia study

Caroline Homer is the lead investigator of the study and Christine Catling-Paull is the national coordinator working through the Centre for Midwifery, Child and Family Health at UTS.

The Homebirth programs involved in the consortium are:

Belmont District and John Hunter Midwifery Group Practice, Newcastle, NSW
Bunbury Midwifery Group Practice
Home Birth Service, Darwin, NT
Community Midwifery Program, Perth, WA
Midwifery Group Practice, Alice Springs, NT
Midwifery Group Practice, Casey Hospital, Berwick, VIC
Midwifery Group Practice, Sunshine Hospital, St Albans, VIC
Midwifery Group Practice, Wollongong, NSW
Midwifery Group Practice, Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide, SA
Mullumbimby Community Birthing Service
Northern Area Midwifery Group Practice, Elizabeth Vale, SA
Orange Aboriginal Medical Service
Southern Midwifery Group Practice, Flinders Medical Centre, SA
St George Hospital Homebirth Program, Kogarah, NSW
Tamworth Base Hospital, Tamworth, NSW

Resources

Policy for planned Birth at Home in South Australia (PDF, 1MB)
NSW Health Policy Directive – Maternity Public Homebirth Services (PDF, 53kB)
National Midwifery Guidelines for Consultation and Referral (ACM) (PDF, 4MB)
Medical Record Audit of Planned Home Births at CYWHS (PDF, 131kB)
Homebirth Evaluation (PDF, 74kB)
Holistic physiological care compared with active management of the third stage of labour for women at low risk of postpartum haemorrhage: A cohort study (opens an external site)
Labour at home workbook (doc, 61kB)
Record of Midwife's experience to gain accreditation LAH1 (doc, 49kB)
Publicly-funded homebirth models in Australia (opens an external site)
Place of birth and models of care conference, UWS (PDF, 457kB)