Scans Appointments and Antenatal Clinic Appointments
One person is permitted to attend all scan appointments and antenatal clinic appointments. Children are not permitted to attend scan or antenatal clinic appointments.
Maternity Assessment Unit and Triage
One person is permitted to attend in these areas. Children are not permitted to attend these areas.
Delivery Suite
One named birth partner and one essential additional visitor will be permitted for those in labour. Children will not be permitted on to delivery suite. Out of hours visits to Maternity Assessment Unit are treated on the delivery suite and women may be accompanied by one person.
Drayton Ward
A single birth partner is permitted 8am-8pm.
An additional single visitor may visit for a maximum of 1 hour between 11am-8pm.
Brothers and sisters of the new baby are welcome for 1 hour between 11am-8pm, they should remain at the bed space and be supervised by an appropriate adult at all times.
It is recommended that visitors to the ward continue to wear face masks, excluding children, in the clinical areas.
Movement around the ward area should be limited and please social distance where possible.
Note
Individual circumstances will be considered. If you require any additional support or information, please send a message to us via Facebook or contact us via telephone
Visiting the Special Care Baby Unit
COVID-19
Parents, siblings, nominated visitor or carers who are:
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Symptomatic of Covid-19
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Asymptomatic but living in a household with a symptomatic or positive household member
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Confirmed Covid-19 by testing
Are NOT allowed to attend SCBU until the recommended isolation periods are completed and are asymptomatic
Visiting
Both parents can attend SCBU together unrestricted, providing they are well and deemed safe to enter SCBU at their health questionnaire check.
Parent/visitors contract of agreement to be signed by parents and filed in the baby’s notes
One nominated additional adult visitor can attend as a person of support
Siblings can attend between the hours of 14:00 and 19:00 if they are well, no temperature/ coughs/colds/flu like symptoms or symptoms of COVID-19. Siblings must adhere to strict hand washing and a face mask is encouraged if the child is over 5 years old.
Social carers allocated by Children’s services are able to attend as required
Parents may be asked to leave if:
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The unit workload means adequate distancing is not possible, and the nursery is becoming overcrowded (if more than 6 occupied cots, social distancing is challenging to maintain)
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Clinical care prevents adequate distancing or puts parents at risk (e.g. X-ray, AGP).
Only 2 adults at a bed space. If a sibling attending is of primary school age or younger, they can attend their sibling in addition to the 2 adults. If the child is secondary school age, they would be classed as the second visitor at the bedspace. 1 adult at the bed space must be a parent of the baby.
