Aims & Objectives
The objectives of the Maternity Services Consumer Council are:
- To highlight the need for and availability of pregnancy, birth and postnatal care options
- To encourage women and their families/whanau to participate fully in their pregnancy and birth care and parenting
- To emphasise the concept of partnership between consumers, health funders, planners and providers of maternity care
- To oppose the unnecessary medicalisation of childbirth
- To share information and ideas and explore alternative patterns of maternity care
- To provide a powerful voice for women using maternity services and to act as an advocate for them
- To monitor the provision of maternity care to ensure funders, planners and providers are responsive to consumer needs