Privately Practising Midwives Requirements to Admit and Provide Services to their Private Patients in Local Health Networks Policy

Version 3.0 approved 23 January 2024

The Privately Practising Midwives Requirements to Admit and Provide Services to their Private Patients in Local Health Networks Policy (PDF 317KB) provides the mandatory requirements to enable the provision of planned and safe private midwifery care within SA Health maternity services, at the request of the woman. Privately practising midwives (PPMs) can offer women a planned private midwifery model of care in a public health service whereby providing women with a choice of care and continuity of care.

Applicability

This policy applies to all employees and contracted staff of SA Health; that is all employees and contracted staff of the Department for Health and Wellbeing (DHW) and, Local Health Networks (LHNs) including state-wide services aligned with those networks.