Midwives Notification System

The Midwives Notification System (MNS) contains notifications of births from 1980 and compiles information from notifications by midwives about births they attend in Western Australia (WA).

Notifications are for all births where pregnancy is at least 20 weeks gestation, or if gestation is unknown, the infant's birth weight is at least 400 grams.

Births are to be notified to the Chief Health Officer, whether infant is born alive or stillborn. The exception to this is abortions (termination of pregnancy), which are not to be notified to the Chief Health Officer via Form 2.

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Last reviewed: 26-03-2024
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