Submitted on Tuesday 15th September 2020
Rejected on Monday 21st September 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Relax the current restrictions for births at East Lancashire Trusts
More than 60 MPs are already calling for NHS trusts to lift the current bans to allow partners to be present during scans and labour. We want East Lancashire Trusts to lift their bans.
As stated on the NHS website, a birthing partner is “important for your safety and wellbeing during labour and birth”
At present, East Lancashire Trusts are refusing to allow partners to attend all scans or be with their partners during inductions or the early stages of pregnancy.
As a result, women are suffering both emotionally and mentally and their partners are missing out on a significant part of their lives that they should be entitled to be a part of.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Decisions about who can attend scans are a matter for the NHS and individual NHS Trusts, not the UK 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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