Petition · PE01839 · Session 5
Review maternity models in remote and rural areas
Signatures
0
Comments
23
Considered
2 meetings
What it asks
Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to ask all relevant health boards to review their maternity model to ensure that it meets the needs of remote and rural communities.
What the petitioner did first
We have contacted two Cabinet Secretaries for Health, Shona Robson and Jeane Freeman.
We have contacted MSPs Rhoda Grant, Edward Mountain and David Stewart.
We have contacted MSPs Rhoda Grant, Edward Mountain and David Stewart.
Where it was considered
Official Report-
16 Dec 20201 mention
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10 Feb 20211 mention
Signatures by country
211 online signaturesComments
23 comments, oldest first-
Lesley Wilson 4 Nov 2020Once again the Scottish Government are forgetting about the detrimental impact this causes to the mother, partner, unborn babies and other family members. The distance in travel, accommodation and the families income in these stressful time.
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Peter Todd 4 Nov 2020Somebody is going to end up getting killed due to the disgraceful situation over maternity in Caithness.
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Val Broad 4 Nov 2020Having to travel 100 miles, and in some cases a fair bit more, to give birth can be extremely stressful for the mother to be and for the rest of her family. The journey from Caithness down to Raigmore can be particularly stressful in the winter when weather conditions are poor
- on occasions the snow gates are closed. Can you imagine how much that adds to the stress for the family? There is a perfectly good hospital in Wick that could be used. Centralisation is great if you live in or near the cities, but for folk who live a distance away it can be a nightmare. I think we deserve better
- we pay the same taxes but get a much inferior service. -
Ron Gunn 4 Nov 2020I believe that in deciding to centralise maternity services, health boards are not giving enough consideration to the impact of that decision on the perinatal mental health of the mother, partner, unborn babies, other children in the families and the wider community.
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Wendy campbell 4 Nov 2020We have to travel over100 miles to have our babies, leave our husband, and family, which is not good on our mental health.
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Lynne Duncan 4 Nov 2020Totally ludicrous that our mother's to be and their babies have to suffer the stresses of this journey.
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S Anderson 4 Nov 2020Please reinstate the maternity unit so that it can be used to its full potential and stop the need to travel to Inverness, especially now with COVID transmission being an issue. Limit the travel and reduce the risk of exposure. Being away from home and your family to have your baby is not the experience you would wish to have. The staff at CGH were amazing when I had my daughter.
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Shirley Sutherland 5 Nov 2020We should not be treated like second class citizens, we deserve to have the same services are anywhere else.
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Coral blackwell 6 Nov 2020I would not be allowed to move cattle over hundred miles in labour but its seems ok for a pregnant woman to do it often without family be able to go with her.
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Gordon Doull 7 Nov 2020The current situation is disgraceful and typical of the SNP thumb on Highland Health Board.
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Elizabeth Candeland 7 Nov 2020My daughter in law took 7 hours to reach the maternity unit 100 miles away at 38 weeks pregnant with twins due to a lorry catching fire and totally blocking the road with no alternative route apart from an extremely long detour on single track roads not acceptable.
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Gordon Baird 11 Nov 2020Things are as bad in Galloway where patients in early labour have to make their own way 75 miles to Dumfries. If they are deemed not to be in labour, they are sent 75 miles back to await the onset of contractions. Local midwife services have been cut back. This was not always the case.
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Angela Armstrong 11 Nov 2020All rural communities deserve equality.
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Helen dodds 11 Nov 2020Loss of a first class facility in Stranraer disgusting.
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E McEwan 11 Nov 2020We should have the same facilities as the central belt has.
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Alan McLeod 13 Nov 2020For years the central-belt centrist narrative has understandably not had the north Highlands on its radar. All of a sudden with lock-down, the north Highlands is a Garden of Eden. Please, please. All we ask is for you to walk a mile (or a 107 or so) in our shoes.
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Lynne Glover 15 Nov 2020Our maternity services urgently need to meet the needs of remote and rural communities. The continued centralisation of our health services is a backward step for the physical and mental health of our community.
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Barry Smith 16 Nov 2020We should have a working maternity unit in caithness General.
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Linda Levack 17 Nov 2020It is so so wrong to be transporting pregnant women, sometimes in labour over 100 miles to Raigmore Hospital. It is illegal to move our pregnant animals, within 10 day of due date so why for humans?
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Isabel Harris 21 Nov 2020We should not have to travel 110 miles too give birth!
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Annette Sutherland 23 Nov 2020Our area is crying out for babies to be born here, mums & their families shouldn't have to go to Inverness to give birth when we have a purpose built unit waiting to be used here!
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Ruan Peat 23 Nov 2020I was lucky enough to have my children in the local hospital, which allowed my husband to be there and friends to visit and support me. I have no idea how much harder it would be if I had been in Inverness! it is too far and dangerous as well as anti social.
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Angela Armstrong 27 Nov 2020Patients should not have to travel long distances to receive maternity services. It puts unacceptable strain on family and mothers.