A public funded homebirth system may have issues, but i don't think you can have a blanket statement that midwifes working in the public system can not be as experienced or caring as one that is privately funded.
oh that's nto what I mean hun - I would expect that if you were to have a homebirth through the hospital it would be the midwife that was allocated to you and/or was on shift at the time when you were in labour, as opposed to interviewing midwives yourself and choosing the one with whom you had the best connection.

Not to say that hospital midwives are bad for the job or anything like that - of course they are perfect! Just that extra step .... personal step IYKWIM....

we interviewed 2 midwives and were supposed to interview a third but we felt so comfortable with the second we cancelled the third interview.....