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If the 40 beheaded babies existed, they'd be reading their names this week in all western media. They'd be interviewing their parents, the midwives who delivered them, and they'd make propaganda documentaries in order to generate sympathy for them and their families. Alas ...

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EEedzard.bsky.social

the abundance of misinformation and false promises made by midwives

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Ffoxylustygrover.bsky.social

Absolutely gottem! #NZPol

Reti in July sacked the Health NZ board and appointed Lester Levy as commissioner to come up with a “turnaround plan” for the “bloated” public health system. Levy has already asserted it does not need more money. But Paul Goulter, chief executive of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation, also took issue with the way Health NZ’s financial position has been interpreted. He said the new deficit figure included expenses which he did not expect to be there. This included a landmark $419 million pay equity claim for midwives and nurses, based on sex-based gender discrimination. “We were told quite strongly this came out of another pot dedicated to pay equity funding, then we find out its been taken out of operational accounts,” Goulter said. Nurses were especially distressed by this, he added, because they felt like the pay equity was being “used against them ... as a matter for significant budget cutting”.
Holiday pay remediation was another expense Goulter did not expect would be included in the deficit. Officials in 2016 discovered tens of thousands of nurses were not paid correctly for their leave, dating back as far as 2010. “The holiday pay remediation, that has been around unfortunately for well over 10 years and to bring it into account in this financial year starts to make one wonder whether we are inventing a crisis”.
Labour’s health spokesperson Ayesha Verrall said the document showed the four regions which the agency used in its accounting were allocated smaller budgets when compared to what had been spent the previous year, of between about 6%-14%. This meant the Government had “manufactured a financial crisis to justify stripping back the health system”, she claimed. “Te Whatu Ora’s deficit can be explained in part by hiring more nurses, doctors and allied staff such as physiotherapists, necessary and consistent with the workforce plan Labour put in place. This is exactly where the Government should be investing, not cutting,” she said in a statement. “The documents further undermine the Government’s story that Te Whatu Ora’s deficit is fuelled by back office roles. It’s important the health system is staffed by those who care for patients and keep the whole system functioning – like those booking appointments, orderlies and cleaners.” A Te Whatu Ora spokesperson added: “2024/25 and 2023/24
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AJagirldonkey.bsky.social

Friday’s fax

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Atieflingkisser.bsky.social

Open letter from American medical professionals who served in Gaza #FreePalestine "We are 99 American physicians, surgeons, nurse practitioners, nurses, and midwives who have volunteered in the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023."

USA Letter | October 2 — Gaza Healthcare Letters
USA Letter | October 2 — Gaza Healthcare Letters

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BBsoapachu.bsky.social

Someone let the midwives do Hallowe'en and I'm here for it

Text reads: Midwives at the Royal Oldham Hospital (UK) have made dilation pumpkins for their decorating competition. Truly terrifying. Photo shows a series of 10 pumpkins with mouths at increasing dilation, from 1cm to 10cm. They each have their respective measurement written on a little cardboard hat.
Several pumpkins made into a vaguely humanoid shape, wearing a witch's hat. A baby pumpkin is being born, surrounded by an explosion of pumpkin innards. The pumpkin mama looks extremely unhappy with the situation.
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RBrebeccabest.bsky.social

Our diagram shows that the two most common birth philosophies - often associated with midwives and doctors - share important core values. (2/3)

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MSmommunism.bsky.social

Reminds me of the Frontier Nursing Service who sent midwives on horses up into the mountains in the 20s and 30s (they still exist but don’t usually go on horseback places)

Mules help deliver aid in N.C. as major roads remain impassable due to Hurricane Helene
Mules help deliver aid in N.C. as major roads remain impassable due to Hurricane Helene

The pack mule strings can deliver supplies to areas not accessible by vehicle.

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FMsdschap.bsky.social

The wife of a friend is a “hypnobirthing practitioner” thinks that childbirth is over medicalised and we don’t need all the equipment, drugs etc. The hypnobirthers want to be allowed to call themselves midwives. Related: my daughter would be dead if not for a proper midwife and an ambulance.

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