HSE will check if maternity units are complying with visiting guidance for partners

Linda Kelly, Glanmire, Cork, pictured last year with her baby Amy-Kate, campaigning with Women Ascend for better access to maternity units to partners. New advice was issued to maternity units last week expanding access for partners. Picture: Denis Minihane

The HSE will survey maternity units next week to ask if they are complying with new visiting guidance, the HSE chief clinical officer has said.

This comes as the vaccine rollout continues to pick up speed.