People across NSW are encouraged to celebrate and recognise midwives for their contribution to the NSW health system this International Day of the Midwife.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Health Minister Ryan Park said midwives are highly valued for their incredible work supporting women, their babies and families at such an important time in their lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI thank every midwife across the NSW Health system for their ongoing commitment to providing safe and high-quality midwifery care to keep mothers and babies healthy across the state,\u201d Mr Park said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe dedication, skill and compassionate care midwives provide to all women and their families is remarkable, with midwives supporting the birth of almost 100,000 babies in NSW each year.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
NSW Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer Jacqui Cross said midwives play a vital role in helping to deliver safe, effective and collaborative maternity care in the state\u2019s public maternity services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019m very proud of the exceptional work of midwives in our services, making a difference in the lives of women, babies and their families every day,\u201d Ms Cross said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOur midwives are passionate about providing woman-centred care to ensure women feel empowered to make decisions about their maternity care that meets their unique needs and achieves their desired health outcomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEvery year, we recognise the achievements of our nurses and midwives in the NSW health system through the Excellence in Nursing and Midwifery Awards<\/a>, so I encourage people to nominate an outstanding nurse or midwife when applications open tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n In 2024, there will be a total of 9 awards, including 7 local health district and specialty network nominated awards, 1 consumer-nominated Healing Heart award and one colleague-nominated Healing Heart award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nominations for the 2024 Excellence in Nursing and Midwifery Awards close on Friday, 14 June 2024. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Get more information on the NSW Health<\/a> website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" People across NSW are encouraged to celebrate and recognise midwives for their contribution to the NSW health system this International Day of the Midwife. Health Minister Ryan Park said midwives are highly valued for their incredible work supporting women, their babies and families at such an important time in their lives. \u201cI thank every midwife … Continue reading “Midwives across NSW recognised for care and compassion”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26467"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26468,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26467\/revisions\/26468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}