Australian Medical Association To Work With Government On Nurse Legislation

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I wonder how many midwives are working with this legislation to provide input? What comes out of this for me as I read it, is that the medical profession is scared of competition from midwives and is seeking to control the profession.

The Australian Medical Association will work with the Federal Government to ensure patients benefit from the introduction of new prescribing rights for nurse practitioners and midwives.

Legislation will be introduced into Federal Parliament today to grant nurse practitioners and midwives prescribing rights under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) and the ability to perform a broader range of procedures subsidised by the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS).

“We have been assured by the Government that nurse practitioners and midwives will work collaboratively with medical practitioners to deliver quality care and ensure patient safety under the new arrangements,” AMA Federal President, Dr Andrew Pesce, said.

… “There is an enormous amount of detail to be worked through in this process …

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Breast-Feeding Boosts Child’s School Performance

For further information, contact Melissa Maimann at Essential Birth Consulting.

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Children who were breast-fed do better in high school and are more likely to go to college than their bottle-fed siblings, researchers report.

… “We compare sibling pairs — one of whom was breast-fed and one of whom was not, or siblings who were breast-fed for different durations — and find consistent evidence that breast-fed children have higher high school grade point averages and a higher probability of attending college,” …

… “If you’re breast-fed, your high school GPA goes up substantially, and the likelihood that you go on to college goes up,” Rees said.

For every month you are breast-fed, your high school GPA goes up about 1 percent and your probability of going to college goes up about 2 percent, Rees added.

… “An array of health benefits is convincingly associated with breast-feeding, including a reduced risk of both infections and obesity in the breast-fed child,” Katz said. “Less certain, but long suggested, is enhanced cognitive development in breast-fed children as well.” …

Melissa Maimann, Essential Birth Consulting 0400 418 448

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