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A day off in Edinburgh

Today I begin work in Dundee. Yesterday was my day off for this week and I spent it in Edinburgh, doing some “touristy things” for a change. The weather was fine and it is a lovely city, all Georgian terraces built of stone, hills and valleys, magnificent public buildings and of course, the Castle.

I did manage to finish my next article for MIDIRS (December issue), this time explaining NMAP and the campaigns building up to change midwifery in Australia. One things I really notice in the UK is the profile that midwives have attained - this morning on the BBC news there is a story about pay rates in the public service and nurses and midwives are specifically mentioned as being 10 and 12 percent below teachers and policemen. The issue of pay rates for midwives is always raised in workshops here (unlike OZ, where it is never mentioned at all) but the point for me is that everyone recognises that midwives are a separate entity from nurses......

Off to find out about midwifery in Dundee, specifically in Ninewells Hospital.

Posted by andrea at October 09, 2002 05:03 PM

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Andrea, I was interested to hear you say that the issue of pay is regularly raised in Scotland whilst it is never raised in Australia. Why do you think that is?
Pay has never been an issue for me as a midwife.
I get so much out of being with women during the most special and wonderful experiences of pregnancy and birth that the salary really is a secondary gain.
I also think that the salary we earn is pretty good, but if midwives continue to value themselves in relation to other professions, and only use that as their point of reference, they will continue to feel disappointed and aggreived. That doesn't bode well for the future of the profession, I don't think.In fact, I think it's really sad.

Posted by: pat on October 9, 2002 06:13 PM

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Andrea, I was interested to hear you say that the issue of pay is regularly raised in Scotland whilst it is never raised in Australia. Why do you think that is?
Pay has never been an issue for me as a midwife.
I get so much out of being with women during the most special and wonderful experiences of pregnancy and birth that the salary really is a secondary gain.
I also think that the salary we earn is pretty good, but if midwives continue to value themselves in relation to other professions, and only use that as their point of reference, they will continue to feel disappointed and aggreived. That doesn't bode well for the future of the profession, I don't think.In fact, I think it's really sad.

Posted by: pat on October 9, 2002 06:14 PM

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