'For most of the labour I was completely alone': Issues remain with partner maternity restrictions

HSE says 'conditions are right' for restrictions on partners in maternity hospitals to be lifted
HSE CEO Paul Reid said today he is writing to all maternity units about partner restrictions.
By Orla Dwyer
Thursday 6 May 2021, 5:58 PM
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THE ISSUE OF partner restrictions remaining in some maternity services has been raised numerous times in the Dáil today, as the HSE has said the “conditions are right” for the restrictions to be lifted.
Labour leader Alan Kelly today asked the Tánaiste Leo Varadkar to ensure there would be “consistency in service to allow partners to be with their partners in the delivery of maternity services”. 

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