Sustaining and Supporting KEY THEMES. Clinical Governance: laying the groundwork for safe and sustainable maternity care in rural services. Learning about opportunites for improvement through benchmarking. Challenges and opportunities in managing rural maternity services. Maintain access to local services. Sustaining your maternity workforce. Future directions for sustaining Rural Maternity Services KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Prof. Lesley Barclay University of Sydney Emeritus Professor Lesley Barclay is an educational leader, health services researcher and systems reformer whose projects have improved maternal child health services in urban and remote Australia and internationally. Much of her recent research has been rural, remote or Indigenous focussed. Her most recent employed role was Professor and Director of the Centre for Rural Health in Lismore for Sydney University. Lesley will be outlining the role of leadership in improving rural maternity care. Prof. Sally Tracy University of Sydney Tweed Byron Health Sally Tracy is Professor of Midwifery research at the University of Sydney and conjoint Professor at the School of Women s and Children s Health at the Faculty of Medicine, UNSW. Professor Tracy has extensive experience in community and high-risk care in Australia. She has published widely on the epidemiology of obstetric intervention in labour and birth, preterm birth, and the outcomes of midwifery continuity of care. We look forward to Sally presenting the Keynote Address Re-envisaging Maternity Care in Small Rural Services. is presently working as the Midwifery Group Practice Mentor for the Tweed Health Service. Patrice set up the caseload midwifery and home birth pilot program at Sunshine Hospital. In Melbourne she has extensive experience advising governments and regulators on midwifery issues. She is a former President of the Victorian Branch of the Australian College of Midwives. Patrice is passionate about practical ways to sustain MGP Services. REGISTRATION COSTS Early Bird Rates - Payment Required Within 2 Weeks of Registration Members Only Early Bird: Registration After 24 May 2018: 2 day meeting: $550 incl GST 2 day meeting: $790 incl GST 1
Forum Day 1: Thursday 21 June 8.30-9.00 Registration - Tea and Coffee Available 9.00-9.15 9.15-9.45 Opening session - Welcome to and acknowledgement of country Introductions and goals Getting to know each other What do you want to get out of this meeting? One good thing happening at your hospital... Kate Reynolds (Vice President WHA) Merridee Seiboth & (WHA SIG Co-Chairs) 9.45-10.00 Women s voice / patient story Speaker TBC 10.00-11.00 KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Clinical Governance Rural maternity care: Leadership for improvement Questions and Answers Lesley Barclay (University of Sydney) 11.00-11.30 Morning Tea 11.30-11.50 Learning From Each Other Through Sharing Data What do we know about the Safety & Quality of Maternity Care in the Bush? Insights from WHA Benchmarking Data. Barbara Vernon (CEO WHA) 11.50-12.15 Roundtable Discussions: 1. What does the data indicate is going well at your rural maternity service? 2. For which, if any, indicators, is there room for improvement? 3. What are the pressures on your maternity service, and what strategies are you finding effective to improve outcomes for women and their newborns? 2
Forum Day 1: Thursday 21 June 12.15-12.30 Sharing insights: Group Feedback 12.30-13.30 Lunch 13.30-14.00 PANEL DISCUSSION: Facilitated by Kate Reynolds Challenges & Opportunities in Managing Rural Maternity Services What is working well in your service? What is keeping you awake at night? Questions & Answers Rachael Yates (Mt Gambier & District Health) (South West Hospital & Health) 14.00-14.30 Roundtable discussions: Each table will be allocated one or two issues arising from the panel session for more detailed discussion & analysis. Emphasis will be on brainstorming strategies for addressing common challenges. 14.30-15.00 Sharing insights: Group Feedback 15.00-15.30 Afternoon Tea 15.30-16.30 KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Re-envisaging maternity care in small rural services Questions & Answers Sally Tracy (University of Sydney) 16.30-16.45 Reflections on Day 1 From 18.30 Networking Function Included in registration All registered participants welcome - rsvp essential 3
Forum Day 2: Friday 22 June 8.30-8.40 Welcome to Day 2 Merridee Seiboth (Loxton Hospital) (South West Hospital & Health) Maintaining Access to Local Maternity Care 8.40-9.10 The Northam story - from open, to closed, to open again! Marie Hill (Northam Hospital) 9.10-9.40 Effective use of telehealth to help keep maternity care close to home - CTG Review, SA Program Speaker TBC 9.40-10.10 The Sustainable Midwifery Workforce Project Rachael Yates (Mt Gambier & District Health) Elizabeth Bennet (Port Pirie Regional Health) 10.10-10.40 Roundtable discussions: 1. What s working well at your service in terms of meeting the needs of local women and their families? How do you know what women think of the care you provide? 2. If your service is providing midwifery continuity of care, what s working well? What s not? How can this model of care best be sustained moving forwards? 3. If your service is not currently providing midwifery continuity of care, what other strategies are you finding effective to sustain your service and respond to women s needs? 10.40-10.50 Sharing insights: Group Feedback 10.50-11.20 Morning Tea 4
Forum Day 2: Friday 22 June Sustaining the Workforce: Making it work - despite the challenges 11.20-11.50 Clinical supervision to support staff and promote safe, quality care Speaker TBC 11.50-12.20 Growing your own MGP midwives: New grads in Mackay Sharyn Cunningham (McKay Base Hospital) 12.20-12.50 Roundtable discussions: 1. How robust is the workforce in supporting your maternity service? 2. What strategies are you using to support the workforce to remain confident and competent? 3. What have you found works best in terms of attracting and retaining your workforce? 12.50-13.00 Sharing insights: Group Feedback 13.00-13.45 Lunch 13.45-14.45 Keynote Address: Rethinking midwifery rostering for a sustainable service Questions & Answers for Patrice HIckey 14.45-15.15 Where to From Here? Expert Panel iscussion Facilitated by Barb Vernon Group Discussion Sally Tracy (University of Sydney) Lesley Barclay (University of Sydney) 15.15-15.30 Take home messages 15.30 Meeting wrap and close 5