Primary Maternity Services Notice - all information sessions confirmed

Kia ora,
 
It is with pleasure we can now confirm all the dates and venues for the Ministry of Health’s Stakeholder Information Sessions.
 
These sessions are being held to discuss the changes to the Primary Maternity Services Notice 2021, the Health Information Standards Organisation (HISO) Maternity Care Summary Standard and the New Zealand Perinatal Spine projects.
 
The Primary Maternity Services Notice 2021 has been gazetted, with the changes coming into effect on November 29, 2021.
 
Session information
Dates and venues for all the Stakeholder Information Sessions have been finalised.
 
Should there be any changes to the COVID-19 Alert Level, these events may be postponed in accordance with the guidance issued for gatherings and events.
 
Click here to view all session times

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Responding to the invitation
 
To RSVP for one of the scheduled events, please email primarymaternity@health.govt.nz
and provide the following information:

• Your name
• Contact email address
• Your role
• Your usual location of work
• The date, time and location of the Stakeholder Information Session you would like to attend
• Any dietary requirements.

 
A light lunch will be provided for each Stakeholder Information Session.
 
Attendance
 
Please note, there is limited seating available at each session and we will need to confirm attendance on a “first-come, first-served” basis. Once we have filled the allocated seating, we will notify any further respondents that they are on a waiting list for the session. If we have confirmed your attendance, and you then have a change of plans, please let us know so we can bring someone off the waiting list.
 
Useful resources
In advance of attending a Stakeholder Information Session, it would be useful to re-visit the following documents:

•          Primary Maternity Services Notice 2007
•          Primary Maternity Services Amendment Notice 2020

The Primary Maternity Services Amendment Notice (2020) details the 2020 fee schedule in place as of July 1, 2020. This fee schedule was then replaced by The Primary Maternity Services Amendment (2) Notice (2020) in place from October 1, 2020 (see below).

•          Primary Maternity Services Notice Amendment (2) 2020

The Primary Maternity Services Amendment (2) Notice (2020) details the interim increase in payments which has been in place to distribute specific funding provided in Budget 2020. This funding was allocated to remunerate care for women with complex clinical and social care requirements, and those whānau living rurally.

• Guidelines for Consultation with Obstetric and Related Medical Services (Referral Guidelines)

The Categories for Referral are particularly relevant to the Additional Care Supplement, which will be discussed during the Information Session.