Director of Proceedings v McMillan [2020] NZHRRT 19 [pdf, 411 KB]
...for midwives are contained in the NZCOM Midwives Handbook for Practice (2008) and the Council’s Code of Conduct (2010). The standards are appended to this agreed summary of facts and marked “C”, and are accepted by the defendant as being applicable at the time of the events subject to this claim. EXPERT ADVICE 110. Dr Carolyn Young, registered midwife, provided expert advice to the HDC. Dr Young found the defendant had departed from accepted standards of midwifery practic...