Maternity Visiting Guidance

Visiting hours were restricted during Covid and although the need to wear masks is no longer present, Covid and other respiratory infections are still a risk to mother’s and babies, so visiting remains restricted within Maternity.

We welcome a Birth Partner to support you throughout the Maternity Pathway and to visit/stay in the ward areas in both the antenatal and postnatal period.

Attending Maternity Assessment Unit (MAU) (Tambootie Ward): If you need to attend MAU for an assessment, you are welcome to attend with one support person.  

Labour: When you are in established labour, two birthing partners are able to attend the Delivery Suite or The Birth Centre with you and remain with you until you are transferred to the postnatal ward (Aspen or Cedar Ward).

Antenatal Admission / Induction of Labour / After the Birth of your Baby (or Babies)

We welcome you to have a nominated birth partner stay with you on the ward whilst you are an inpatient.

We do not permit any swapping of birth partners past 7pm.

Between the hours of 2pm-7pm, you can have two people visit at your bedside (inclusive of your birth partner).

We kindly ask that your visitors do not visit if they have any Covid symptoms (or any other communicable disease - one that is spread from one person to another) and that they wash their hands before handling the baby.

Siblings of the baby (up to the age of 18) are welcome to visit the ward between the hours of 9am-9pm.

Siblings over the age of 18 will be subjected to the visiting policy as described above.