I am angry and saddened to hear that women and families are receiving seemingly appalling care after having babies.
The feedback I have had from many women is that the child health care services are so bad that they don’t even bother utilising the service, and instead go to their GP or elsewhere for help.
I understand many women have left the centre feeling inadequate, unsupported, sad, and like their needs were not met. I feel that these women are some of our most vulnerable in society and the fact that there is, in my opinion, no decent help in the community is a disgrace.
I believe it is obvious that there are huge gaps in the system between leaving the care of the hospital and being cared for by the community health team. I understand that women feel lost and don’t know where to go for help if they are struggling, whether it’s breastfeeding assistance, mental health concerns, baby issues etc.
In my opinion, this has been a well known issue for several years but, I believe, nothing has been done to improve it. It seems the staff are out of touch and have clearly lost their passion for providing compassionate, evidence based best practice.
Being geographically isolated and away from family is difficult enough for new parents, but even more so when there is seemingly no support from the health care team that you then rely on.
I can only hope that this will change in the near future.
"Child health substandard care"
About: Broome Community Health Service Broome Community Health Service Broome 6725 Broome Health Campus / Maternity/Midwifery Broome Health Campus Maternity/Midwifery Broome 6725
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