Maternity

Maternity Services Strategic Advisory Group

Purpose
Terms of Reference
Advisory Group Membership
Meetings

Purpose

The Ministry of Health in partnership with the District Health Boards, is to undertake the development of a strategic vision for maternity services in New Zealand, and established the Maternity Services Strategic Advisory Group to assist with this task.

The role of the Maternity Services Strategic Advisory Group is to:

take a strategic view across all parts of the maternity sector, and provide a variety of views and experience for the Ministry to draw on
give advice on implementation issues and priorities
assist with sector consultation on key issues

Terms of Reference

The Terms of Reference will be available after they have been finalised at the next meeting on Wednesday 27 February 2008.

Advisory Group Membership

The members of the Maternity Services Strategic Advisory Group collectively bring clinical, research and policy expertise, as well as consumer experience. The members of the Strategic Advisory Group are:

Dr Anna Skinner – General Practitioner, Dannevirke
Dr Elaine Langton – Obstetric Anaesthetist, Wellington Hospital
Estelle Mulligan – Chairperson, Nga Maia
Jackie Gunn – Head of Midwifery, Auckland University of Technology
Dr Gillian Gibson – Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Auckland
Dr Mark Peterson – General Practitioner, Hawke’s Bay
Mollie Wilson – Paediatric Society of New Zealand / Hawke’s Bay District Health Board
Norma Campbell – Midwifery Advisor, New Zealand College of Midwives
Dr Rachael McEwing – Charge Radiologist, Christchurch Women’s Hospital
Sally Nicholl – Manager – Hutt Union & Community Health Service
Siniva Cruickshank – Antenatal Educator, Health Star Pacific
Dr Stephanie Palmer – Consumer Representative, Nga Maia
Sue Bree – Midwife, Bay of Islands
Dr Susan Fleming – Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Dunedin Women’s Hospital
Terryll Muir – Clinical Midwife Leader, Southland Hospital
Trudi Ashcroft – General Manager – Childbirth Education, Parents Centre New Zealand

View the Advisory Group Members biographies (Word, 34 KB)

District Health Board / Ministry of Health representatives

Marilyn Rimmer - Manager (Workforce), District Health Boards New Zealand
Helene Carbonatto – Funding and Planning Manager, Tairawhiti District Health Board
Janice Donaldson – Portfolio Manager, District Health Boards New Zealand
Lyn Wardlaw – Maternity Services Manager, Northland District Health Board
Dr Pat Tuohy – Chief Advisor – Child and Youth Health, Ministry of Health
Annie Bermingham – Manager – Child, Youth and Maternity Policy, Ministry of Health
Julia Tinga – Senior Analyst – Child, Youth and Maternity Policy, Ministry of Health
Hannah O’Donnell – Analyst – Child, Youth and Maternity Policy, Ministry of Health

Meetings
Minutes

Page last updated: 04 June 2008