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Originally Posted by slinky
OMG ...... that is down right stupid!! I can uderstand this if like you say, they are pushing and need some medical assistance, but if not, why didn' they just get in the car with the partner?? jeeeeeeezzzz  |
This may come as a surprise but not everyone has a car, infact nowadays not every pregnant woman has a partner. Even in the 'good old days' not every pregnant woman had a h/b waiting to whisk her off to hospital
All these rules are ridiculous. We pay National Insurance and it should cover us for journeys like these, end of story. A safe journey for a pregnant woman is far more important than many of the trivial operations carried out by the NHS.
20 plus years ago mothers to be were instructed to call an ambulance at the first signs of labour and I remember the nurse telling me it was better waste an ambulance journey than risk not getting to the hospital on time. Mind you in those days we had labour wards at Accy Vic and Bramley Mead was still open - just.
This all smells of cut backs and accounts defining what is and isnt worth an ambulance
I have no doubt at all that if men got pregnant and gave birth it would all be seen as an emergency.