Amanda Rouse CNMs

Amanda has been a registered midwife for 28 years, the last 19 in New Zealand. She worked at Palmerston North Hospital as a core midwife and from 2015 as the maternity quality and safety programme coordinator for MidCentral DHB. In April 2019 she started work at the Ministry of Health as a senior advisor on the maternity team.

Ensuring equitable outcomes for all women and whānau is her core philosophy. She has been a Midwifery Employee Representation & Advisory Service representative and is an advocate of ensuring a safe and sustainable workforce, especially in the DHB setting. Amanda completed her Master of Health Care at Victoria University in 2019. Her areas of interest are quality improvement and professional supervision.