It is one of its latest five initiatives to boost maternity services in rural and remote areas.
Queensland Health has come up with new initiatives to ensure pregnant women across the state can access high-quality maternity care anytime, anywhere. WHAT IT'S ABOUT The health system announced five new initiatives to promote maternity services in rural and remote areas, including the use of the digital passport system to assist in the mobility of staff between hospitals and plug workforce shortages. It will also fund the advanced obstetrics training of 20 GPs in regional, rural, and remote areas, as well as the training of doctors, nurses, and midwives on best practice woman-centred care and collaboration; review policies for stand-ins to maximise incentive options for the regional maternity workforce; and promote First Nations midwifery models of care services across…