FOI_6568

Internal Reference Number: FOI_6568

Date Request Received: 26/04/2022 00:00:00

Date Request Replied To: 28/04/2022 00:00:00

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Request Summary: Maternity appointment and partner attendance

Request Category: Media


Question Number 1: Does the Trust allow pregnant women to have a partner present at antenatal appointments?

Answer To Question 1: Yes

Question Number 2: Does the Trust allow pregnant women to have a partner present at scans?

Answer To Question 2: Yes

Question Number 3: Does the Trust allow pregnant women to have a birthing partner present during labour? If so, at what point and how many?

Answer To Question 3: Yes, from admission. 2 birth partners allowed.

Question Number 4: Does the Trust allow pregnant women to have a birthing partner present during birth? If so, at what point and how many?

Answer To Question 4: Yes, 2 birth partners allowed

Question Number 5: Has the Covid Pandemic resulted in the Trust having to reduce the number of partners present at appointments, scans, labour or birth in the last two years? If so, has this yet returned to pre-pandemic procedure?

Answer To Question 5: It did have a variety of restrictions in place across all areas of maternity. Apart from testing requirements the service has returned to pre-pandemic procedures.

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