A former midwife at one of Sydney’s largest public hospitals who was referred to by a racist slur on a workplace whiteboard says the health system needs to do more to create culturally safe workspaces. The program aims to provide Indigenous women and their babies with culturally safe care before, during and after birth. Cuts to Aboriginal midwife programThis month the RPA announced cuts to the number of midwives it employs, including a plan to merge the Aboriginal midwifery program with the general midwifery program, meaning the midwives will no longer be dedicated to Indigenous patients. The proposal sparked swift condemnation from current and former staff and prompted the hospital to promise a review of the decision. Paige Austin, one of only two current midwives assigned to the Aboriginal midwifery program, said it should have five full-time midwives.