Fill out the form below to write to your MLA showing your support for BC midwives. Here is a preview of the email that will be sent:
I strongly support BC's registered midwives. I urge the provincial government to support midwifery and increase access to maternity care, improve health outcomes, and reduce costs.
Delivering one-in-five babies in BC, registered midwives play an increasingly important role in providing maternity care in our province. Demand for their services is growing as more women exercise their right to choose their maternity care provider.
As my local MLA, I encourage you, the Minister of Health and the Premier to recognize:
Many families in BC's rural, northern and First Nations communities have difficulty accessing appropriate maternity and newborn care in their home communities and must often travel hundreds of kilometres to receive it.
BC's registered midwives are highly trained, educated and regulated professionals who are experts in healthy pregnancy, birth and post-natal care. They can increase access to maternity care and improve health outcomes for women and newborns in our province.
Investments in midwifery today will result in savings of $60 million by 2020 and $20 million annually after that; freeing up dollars for other health care priorities.
Please start delivering for BC's families by increasing access to maternity care, improving health outcomes and reducing costs.
Thank you,
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