Access to Public Maternity Services for Privately Practising Endorsed Midwives Policy
MP 0093/18 - Access to Public Maternity Services for Privately Practising Endorsed Midwives Policy (pdf 138KB)
Applicable to: This policy is applicable to all Health Service Providers that provide maternity services.
Description: The Access to Public Maternity Services for Privately Practising Endorsed Midwives Policy (the policy) sets out mandatory requirements to support safe, high-quality, continuity of maternity care within the WA public health system by enabling Privately Practising Endorsed Midwives (PPEMs) to access public maternity services through a Licensing Agreement to deliver maternity services to their private clients.
Under this process, PPEMs will be able to book in and admit women as private patients under their care and provide midwifery care whilst the woman and/or her baby are inpatients.
Under current legislation PPEMs:
- must hold current general registration with endorsement for scheduled medicines pursuant to the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (WA) Act 2010
- can admit patients pursuant to the Health Insurance Amendment Regulations 2010 (No. 1)
- must have a collaborative arrangement in place pursuant to the National Health (Collaborative arrangements for midwives) Determination 2010.
This policy is to be read in conjunction with MP 0084/18 Credentialling and Defining the Scope of Clinical Practice Policy which requires PPEMs to be credentialed and have a documented defined scope of clinical practice in accordance with the Credentialing and Defining Scope of Clinical Practice for Nursing and Midwifery Standard.
This policy must also be read in conjunction with MP 0095/18 Clinical Handover Policy.
This policy is a mandatory requirement for Health Service Providers under the Clinical Governance, Safety and Quality Policy Framework pursuant to section 26(2)(c) of the Health Services Act 2016.
Date of effect: 27 September 2018
Policy Framework
Clinical Governance, Safety and Quality
Licensing-Agreement-for-Endorsed-Midwives (docx 83KB)
Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care: Credentialing health practitioners and defining their scope of clinical practice-A guide for managers and practitioners, December 2015
National Registration and Accreditation Scheme as operated by the Australian Health Practitioner Registration Agency
Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia