fully reinstate all services at elgin maternity ward

Rejected 17 signatures

What the petition asks

elgin maternity needs to have all services fully reinstated for low to high risks. aberdeen maternity ward cannot cope with the demand of elgin maternity (low risk only ), fraserburgh & banff maternity being closed.

I have recently had a child, aberdeen maternity ward, could not provide the basic care for my wife and my newborn child. This is no fault of the midwives! but the pressure and demand put on them is starting to show in the morale. They cannot provide the care that they where trained to give because of the high volume of births. my wife waited 40 minutes for pain relief, no beds available for mothers in active labour in the triage ward! Does something tragic have to happen to get this fixed?

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

We can only accept petitions which call for actions that are the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

NHS services in Scotland are the responsibility of NHS Scotland and the Scottish Government and Parliament.

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Timeline

11 Jul 2019	Petition opened for signatures
29 Jul 2019	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 17

Status Rejected

Rejected 29 Jul 2019

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