This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Assign a hospital dedicated to antenatal and maternity care during Covid-19
To dedicate an existing hospital for antenatal, maternity and postnatal care, in order to protect the health of mother, babies and their families.
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
The management or hospitals and arrangements for antenatal and maternity care are a matter for individual hospitals and NHS trusts, and not the Governemnt or Parliament.
The NHS has published coronavirus advice for pregnant women, which is available here: https://www.nhs.uk/start4life/pregnancy/coronavirus-covid19-advice-during-pregnancy/
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists has also published information for pregnant women and their families, which you might find helpful: https://www.rcog.org.uk/en/guidelines-research-services/guidelines/coronavirus-pregnancy/covid-19-virus-infection-and-pregnancy/
You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
www.gov.uk/coronavirus
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
The Government has also created an online service to help you out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support
You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips
You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here:
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/
You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Find out more and watch the Committee put questions suggested by petitioners to Government Ministers and the Deputy Chief Medical Officer: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/news/145767/committee-question-deputy-chief-medical-officer-and-ministers-on-coronavirus-response/
Read letters asking further questions of Government Ministers: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/
We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.