This has been a very busy first week back after the holidays. We have finalised the new catalogue that will be published and mailed in about 2 weeks and completed the last details of the workshops we will be offering in the next six months.

This year brings two important anniversaries: it is 20 years since we began our independent consultancy in Australia and 10 years since we launched our UK company. The catalogue will contain some interesting archival photographs that plot our progress and success over these years, which have slipped by very quickly.

There are a number of interesting reports awaiting attention on my desk and one of these is the NSW Mothers and Babies Report for 2002, which contains all the data collected about birth outcomes in this State. It is always fascinating reading, and I will include some snippets in my Diary entries over the next few days.

This weekend I am presenting the first workshop of the New Year for midwives in the Illawarra Area Health Service, about an hour’s drive south of Sydney. One of their smaller regional maternity units at Shellharbour has been under threat again - its been opened and closed more times than you would think possible. I know there have been moves to establish it as a midwifery only unit so it will be good to meet with some of their staff this weekend and to find out what is happening at the present time. Posted by andrea at January 16, 2004 03:10 PM