Submitted on Wednesday 30th September 2020
Rejected on Wednesday 7th October 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Allow all pregnant women to be accompanied to appointments
Currently pregnant women have to attend appointments/scans alone. This is completely unacceptable especially considering groups of 6 can meet at a pub!
Have you considered the impact of going to a scan and being told your baby doesn't have a heartbeat?
What about equal rights for the father?
Make it the law that all appointments may be attended by the mother plus one other person for support.
If everyone has to wear a mask anyway it doesn't make sense to exclude the father from these special, once in a lifetime moments.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Decisions about visitors are a matter for the NHS, not the Government or House of Commons.
On 5 June, the NHS’s suspension of hospital visiting was lifted. This means that visiting is now subject to local discretion by trusts and other NHS bodies. You should check with your maternity team and sonography unit for their policy on visitors attending antenatal appointments, including scans.
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