Maternity Services
Choosing a Lead Maternity Carer (LMC)
Under the new maternity arrangements, you need to
choose a lead maternity carer who will be responsible for providing and co-ordinating
your maternity care, developing your care plan with you, and attending your
labour and birth.
A lead maternity carer can be a midwife
(independent or hospital based), a general
practitioner, an obstetrician
or a hospital
team. The choice you have will depend to
some extent on where you live, as the full range of options is not available in
every area. If you would like the contact names and phone numbers for those who
offer lead maternity carer services in your area, phone the nationwide
information service for maternity consumers on:
0800 MUM 2 BE (0800 686 223)
The full Maternity Services Information Kit is
available in this file 
(187
Kb) (21 pages)
For further information you can send an email to: mum2be@moh.govt.nz
Midwives - Wairau Hospital 520 9999
Gwen Costello
Marion Preston
Jodie Rofe
Silke Powell
Janine Smith
Independent Midwives:
Shona Wills 0275 645 557
Shirley Weaver 0275 776 313
Pam Harnden 0274 607 913
Ruth Johnson 0273 197716
Specialists
Helen Crampton
Owen
Jennings
Last updated 04/09/2007
