Rejoinder—QLD Maternity Perinatal Quality Council

Thank you to Professor Michael Humphrey for the advice that the Queensland Maternity Perinatal Quality Council was reborn in the latter half of 2010, concurrent with the preparation of my article. I appreciate the challenges that the re-established Council must now respond to. One major challenge is to synthesise, interpret and report on data from 2004 onwards, so that it may be used to inform decision making, and to do so in a timely way. Having served briefly on a previous Council working party, I have seen up close how critical the quality of data is to timely analysis. I urge all midwives to be meticulous and comprehensive in their reporting on Perinatal Data Collection forms, so that the first-time quality of data is maximised, and wish Professor Humphrey and the Council every success in the important work that lies ahead.