“There has been a real issue there, it is arguably the most important time,” Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly said.
Image: sopotnicki Image: sopotnicki HEALTH MINISTER STEPHEN Donnelly has given an update on the restrictions on partners attending emergency and high-risk maternity appointments, adding that the issue has been a source of “frustration” for women, the HSE, and the Government.
Despite several members of the Government and HSE agreeing that partners should be permitted to attend, there are still frequently cases raised where partners are refused to attend maternity appointments with pregnant women. He said that the current HSE guidance on partners attending hospitals is that daily visits, which is a minimum of 30 minutes for:
In relation to unplanned attendance due to emergency presentations, the HSE issued updated guidance on 24 June.He said his officials have surveyed compliance with emergency presentations at all 19 maternity hospitals and units through the six hospital groups that represent them, and as of this week:
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