Maternity COVID 19 Restrictions

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Dear University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust,

This is a follow up request to my previous FOI request (20FOI314 - https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/c...). The NHS England guidance has now changed and hence I am following up to collect data from University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust in with respect to the new guidance regarding Maternity Visitor Restrictions for Partners and Supporters of pregnant women.

The new guidance published 14th December 2020 (https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/w...) requests NHS trust's to perform 3 key actions in section 13.

- Undertake risk assessments.
- Make changes to space configuration, PPE, etc... to accommodate partners and supporters in attending ALL maternity appointments.
- Use your available testing capacity to test women and their support people to help mitigate infection risks.

My request specifically with regards to Freedom of Information is:

1) Did the hospital undertake risk assessments as a result of the new guidance? If so please can you provide a copy of the risk assessment produced?
2) My wife was informed via email from the Acting Head of Midwifery and Head of Nursing for Women's and Children's Services that a meeting was held with estates recently to discuss adjustments to allow partners and supporters to attend appointments. What was the outcome of this meeting? Please can you provide meeting minutes for this discussion?

I look forward to your response.

Yours faithfully,

Robert Putt

FOI-REQUESTS (UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS PLYMOUTH NHS TRUST), University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust

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Freedom of Information Team
University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust
Bircham House
William Prance Road
Derriford
Plymouth
PL6 5WR

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FOI-REQUESTS (UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS PLYMOUTH NHS TRUST), University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust

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Please find attached our response to your Freedom of Information Act
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University Hospital Plymouth NHS Trust

Freedom of Information

Information Governance Team

Bircham House

William Prance Road

Derriford

Plymouth

PL6 5WR

 

 

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