- You are able to have one chosen birth partner with you between 9am and midnight
- Second birth partner and siblings of the baby between 9am to 8pm
- Siblings of the baby must be with an adult visitor at all times
- Two more visitors between 2pm to 4pm and 6pm to 8pm. There can be no more than three people at a bed space at any one time. Siblings of the baby do not count in these numbers but the adult who is looking after them will be
- If you are having/had a planned caesarean section and are on the enhanced recovery programme, during your minimum 4 hours enhanced recovery period, only one birth partner will be able to be with you during this time
Following feedback from families, Leicester Hospitals are able to offer the option for one named birth partner to stay overnight on our maternity wards.
Please read this information to make sure that patients and new parents safety, privacy and dignity is kept. If you cannot meet the following requests, Leicester Hospitals will not be able to support you to stay overnight. The team will ask you to leave.
If you would like to stay overnight with your partner/ relative, Leicester Hospitals politely ask:
- Please wash your hands regularly. Use the hand gel provided
- Please do not bring camp beds, sleep on the floor, or in any hospital beds. This is due to space limits. Staff will need to get to your partner/relative and baby safely. There are chairs in all rooms where you are able to rest
- Please stay in the room/ bay space you have been allocated
- Please stay fully dressed at all times
- Please use the visitors toilets only. We cannot offer showers, food (including storage of food) and bedding. You are welcome to bring your own blanket
- Please support your partner/ relative with baby cares such as changing nappies and holding/ passing baby for feeding
- Please help to offer care to your relative such as helping them to eat or drink. Please let them sleep and rest
It is asked that noise is kept to a minimum particularly at night. This will help make sure patients, new parents and babies get the rest they need. Between 11pm and 6am, we ask that all electronic devices are kept on silent. Do not use the loudspeaker for phone calls. Phone calls need to be kept to a minimum and answered quietly.
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