Health and Disability Commissioner: Midwife breached patient rights over care before baby’s stillbirth
The woman, who is not identified in the HDC report, went to the same midwife who delivered her…
Midwife Samantha Ormsby suspended after falsely claiming $166k in public funds
Yesterday, Ormsby was censured, ordered to pay a $5000 fine and was ruled liable to pay half of…
Waikato midwife accused of falsely claiming more than $166k in public funding
She is also facing a fourth charge of failing to keep detailed clinical records during that period. The…
Cyclone Gabrielle hero midwife Corrina Parata banned for year over false pay claims
Audit uncovered Parata’s stealing Parata worked under NPO at Te Puia Springs Hospital in Gisborne from December 2013…
Baby died on mum’s chest after midwife failed to monitor his condition following birth
There were no complications with the birth and the little boy was considered healthy, with an Apgar score…
Christchurch midwife Jaydeen Beaumont censured after using colleague’s ID for prescriptions
Beaumont was charged after she was found to have falsified scripts for over-the-counter medications diclofenac, Ponstan and paracetamol.…
Heart attack warning for women as Northland midwife tells survival story
Doctors told her she needed an angiogram as soon as possible, and when the results came through in…
Health and Disability Commissioner finds two midwives breached antenatal care of woman suffering a second stillbirth
The names of all parties have been redacted. According to the report, the woman lost her baby at…
System failures: Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora criticised over Waitākere Hospital stillbirth care
The blocked caller mode was one in a series of failures, including those of a doctor and Health…