Meetings

P-05-965 Push the government into introducing a separate ward other than maternity ward, for families going through a miscarriage

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Meeting: 15/12/2020 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

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Minutes:

The Committee agreed to write to the Minister for Health and Social Services, providing a summary of the position gathered from health boards and sharing the responses received. It also agreed to request a further response outlining what further action that Welsh Government intends to take in light of the facilities and services outlined.

 


Meeting: 29/09/2020 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)

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Minutes:

The Committee considered an update on the petition and agreed to write to the Minister for Health and Social Services to ask him to intervene to ensure that all health boards are supported and enabled to provide separate facilities for people who are going through miscarriage.

The Committee also agreed to write to all health boards to highlight the petition and the issues raised by the petitioner and ask:

 

  • for information about the provision of facilities in their hospitals for supporting families experiencing miscarriage, and specifically whether support is available separately to maternity wards or could be improved in light of the experience of the petitioner; and
  • for details of ongoing support services available to families who have been bereaved, both through miscarriage and through other causes.

 


Meeting: 07/07/2020 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

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Minutes:

The Committee considered the petition for the first time and acknowledged the trauma parents experience when losing a baby and wished to thank the petitioner for highlighting these issues. The Committee agreed to write back to the Minister for Health and Social Services to ask what the Working Group is doing specifically on the issue of ensuring that t people experiencing miscarriage have access to spaces and facilities which are appropriate to their situation, and whether the recommendations of the Fair Treatment for the Women of Wales report can be considered as part of this.