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Partners not allowed despite governments…

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"Partners not allowed despite governments…"

About: Birmingham Women's Hospital

It is really sad that the hospital is still now allowing partners to enter just atleast for scans only, at 12 week I was terrified and had to go alone, now 20 weeks again they are not allowing. Do you not realise this can be a very scary time for us mums, it makes you feel very lonely and support is necessary. Why is the hospital being so difficult? You are really affecting the mental health of so many mums to be who are already having a tough enough year. So many hospitals are making arrangements, but not here? It is so sad for us mums to be to go through this whole experience alone.

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Response from Patient Experience Team, Patient Experience Facilitator, Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust 3 years ago
Patient Experience Team
Patient Experience Facilitator,
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Submitted on 02/02/2021 at 11:59
Published on Care Opinion at 11:59

Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback regarding visiting for outpatient appointments and scans at Birmingham Women's Hospital.

Please see our updated guidance from 15th January:

We welcomed the updated guidance released by NHS England on 15 December and have been working hard to support the safe re-introduction of a woman’s support partner throughout her whole maternity journey. We recognise and understand how important this support is to you and have done as much as we can within existing guidance to enable your chosen partner to be with you to provide support.

We have reviewed the policy for the attendance of women's support partners at every stage of the maternity journey, taking in to consideration also the increasing infection rates. The safety of women and staff is our priority and we cannot yet safely move to all women having a support partner present at all times. Please be assured that we are however, working towards implementing the guidance as quickly as possible. Some of the changes we need to make to the estate, equipment or staffing in the hospitals across our Birmingham and Solihull Local Maternity System will take longer than others, so it is likely that support partners will be welcomed in a phased approach to avoid further delay. We will communicate to you any changes to our policies as soon as we possibly can.

Meanwhile, unless you have been advised otherwise by one of our team, all outpatient appointments, both those taking place in the hospital and in the community, should be unaccompanied with only the woman attending. Any exceptional circumstances should be discussed with your Midwife to ensure we are able to agree these in advance of your attendance and provide written confirmation.

Please understand that we know how important this is to you and we continue to work together with all partners across our Local Maternity System to review attendance by support partners on a daily basis. Due to the changing nature of the situation please visit our website of your visit for the most up to date guidance at https://bwc.nhs.uk/maternity.

We trust this information will be useful to you.

Kind Regards

Patient Experience Team

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