2EArrangement—midwife’s written records

2E Arrangement—midwife’s written records

(1) An eligible midwife must record the following for a patient in the midwife’s written records: (a) the name of at least 1 specified medical practitioner who is, or will be, collaborating with the midwife in the patient’s care (a named medical practitioner); (b) that the midwife has told the patient that the midwife will be providing midwifery services to the patient in collaboration with 1 or more specified medical practitioners in accordance with this regulation; (c) acknowledgement by a named medical practitioner that the practitioner will be collaborating in the patient’s care; (d) plans for the circumstances in which the midwife will do any of the following: (i) consult with an obstetric specified medical practitioner; (ii) refer the patient to a specified medical practitioner; (iii) transfer the patient’s care to an obstetric specified medical practitioner. (2) The midwife must also record the following in the midwife’s written records: (a) any consultation or other communication between the midwife and an obstetric specified medical practitioner about the patient’s care; (b) any referral of the patient by the midwife to a specified medical practitioner; (c) any transfer by the midwife of the patient’s care to an obstetric specified medical practitioner; (d) when the midwife gives a copy of the hospital booking letter (however described) for the patient to a named medical practitioner—acknowledgement that the named medical practitioner has received the copy; (e) when the midwife gives a copy of the patient’s maternity care plan prepared by the midwife to a named medical practitioner—acknowledgement that the named medical practitioner has received the copy; (f) if the midwife requests diagnostic imaging or pathology services for the patient—when the midwife gives the results of the services to a named medical practitioner; (g) that the midwife has given a discharge summary (however described) at the end of the midwife’s care for the patient to: (i) a named medical practitioner; and (ii) the patient’s usual general practitioner.