Submitted on Friday 13th October 2017
Rejected on Thursday 19th October 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Re-open Honiton & Okehampton NHS Birth centres NOW!
Honiton & Okehampton birth centres in Devon continue to have birth services suspended due to ongoing staff issues. This means that women in labour need to travel further to reach maternity care, or wait longer while midwives travel out to them for home birth support. These are unnecessary risks.
There is a fear that these birth centres will remain closed due to difficulty recruiting key staff. This is not acceptable. We demand our birth centres are re-opened without delay. We understand this requires additional resources be made available for commissioning education and training for more key clinical staff within the NHS Maternity service in Devon. We ask these resources are made available as a matter of urgency.
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https://goo.gl/5uRkbB
https://goo.gl/TcmLfn
https://goo.gl/GR6eKH
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
This is the responsibility of the local NHS bodies, not the UK Government or Parliament.
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