HSE advises maternity hospitals to further ease visiting restrictions

An expanded visiting policy will allow the partners of pregnant women greater access during scans and emergency presentations. 

An expanded visiting policy for maternity hospitals will be issued by the HSE this week which will allow the partners of pregnant women greater access during scans and emergency presentations. 

The current policy advises hospitals that the partners of pregnant women should be facilitated at the 20-week anomaly scan, and the labour and birth of their child, where hospitals consider it safe to do so.