Submitted on Friday 18th September 2020
Rejected on Wednesday 23rd September 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Relax restrictions around birth partners and maternity services.
Stop shunning partners from maternity services.
Relax the current rules and allow partners to come along to scans and antenatal appointments.
Ensure birth partners are allowed be present for the whole duration of the birth of a child.
Currently birth partners remain locked out of scans, appointments and even the delivery room.
Partners miss the birth of their child, while the restrictions also mean mothers have been forced to hear life-altering news, go through traumatic births and even miscarry alone.
While pubs and cinemas have reopened, and even weddings can go ahead, maternity has continued to be severely restricted.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Decisions about who can attend scans and births are a matter for the NHS, 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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