All maternity hospitals to allow partners to accompany pregnant women says Dr Henry

A protest over maternity restrictions, staged at Cork University Maternity Hospital in December 2020. The Taoiseach has urged all hospitals to remove restrictions. Included are Siobhán O'Donoghue, director, Uplift; Linda Kelly, Holly de Burgh, Julie Coakley and Cllr John Maher who is also supporting the petition. File picture: Denis Minihane.

The HSE’s Chief Clinical Officer Dr Colm Henry has said that all of the country’s 19 maternity units will be fully compliant in the coming week with regard to allowing partners to accompany pregnant women for routine visits.

Speaking on Newstalk Breakfast, Dr Henry acknowledged that there had been problems, particularly around infrastructure in some of the units.