Table 1 Selected Submissions to the National Review of Maternity Services.
From: National review of maternity services 2008: women influencing change
Women & Consumer Key Stakeholders | Rationale for inclusion | Submission Numbers: |
|---|---|---|
Maternity Coalition (MC). | National consumer organisation (natural birth) | 354 |
Multicultural Centre for Women's Health. | Organisation representing women from multicultural backgrounds | 190 |
National Foundation for Australian Women. | National organisation representing women | 220 |
National Rural Women's Coalition. | National organisation representing rural women | 429 |
SA Birth Matters. | Consumer group (natural birth) | 187 |
Hunter Home and Natural Birth Support | Consumer group representing home birth | 71 |
Future Families | New mother support group | 74 |
Laynhapuy Homelands Association INC | Indigenous elders | 211 |
Consumer Advisory Council (CAC) of King Edward Memorial Hospital, Perth | Consumer representatives of tertiary maternity hospital | 223 |
Northern Territory Health and Community Services Complaints Commission | National organisation representing women | 240 |
Birthrites: Healing after caesarean section Inc | Community support organisation | 572 |
Health Care Consumers Association | National organisation of health care consumers | 324 |
Birth Healing | National online consumer support forum | 703 |
Key Centre for Women's Health in Society | Women's health research centre | 369 |
Birth and Beyond | Consumer group | 456 |
Mother & Child Health Research | Interdisciplinary research centre | 468 |
Mums@ Ryde | Consumer group (natural birth) | 662 |
Country women's Association NSW | Rural organisation representing women | 683 |
Women's Health West | Organisation representing migrant women | 410 |
Bush Babies | Parent group | 293 |
Friends of Mackay birth centre | Birth centre consumer group | 297 |
N | Mother of 1. Private hospital | 16 |
P | Mother of 2. Public hospital. | 534 |
R | Mother of 5. Public then home birth × 1 | 783 |
S | Mother of 2 (twins). Public hospital | 693 |
M | Mother of 1. Public hospital | 673 |
C | Mother of 2. Private hospital then birth centre | 653 |
Unidentified | Mother of 3.Private hospital × 2 then home birth | 523 |
Unidentified | Mother of 5. Public hospital × 3 Home birth × 2 | 483 |
J | Mother of 3.Birth centre | 300 |
N2 | Mother of 1. Birth centre/home | 093 |
H | Mother of 2. Birth centre then home | 730 |
G | Mother of 5. Private, Public hospital then | 603 |
V | Mother of 3. Public hospital then home × 2 | 513 |
J | Mother of 2. Public hospital then home birth | 413 |
A | Mother of 2. Public hospital then home birth | 203 |
S2 | Mother of 4. Rural | 30 |