{"id":1984,"date":"2022-12-08T11:45:51","date_gmt":"2022-12-08T11:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/hses-suspension-of-its-plans-to-restrict-home-births-a-welcome-first-step\/"},"modified":"2022-12-08T11:45:51","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T11:45:51","slug":"hses-suspension-of-its-plans-to-restrict-home-births-a-welcome-first-step","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/hses-suspension-of-its-plans-to-restrict-home-births-a-welcome-first-step\/","title":{"rendered":"HSE&#8217;s Suspension Of Its Plans To Restrict Home Births A Welcome First Step"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Women in rural areas deserve certainty about their maternity services<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The HSE\u2019s suspension of its plans to cancel home births in Cork and Kerry is a good first step \u2013 but the misguided plans should be permanently abandoned, according to Social Democrats Cork South West TD Holly Cairns.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn August we learned that the HSE proposed to remove the right to have a home birth from women who live more than 30 minutes travel time from a maternity hospital. This would have had far-reaching consequences for families in rural areas, who would have been denied access to these maternity services.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe proposal caused widespread shock and was greeted by protests from both women and midwives alike. Finally, after nearly four months of uncertainty, the HSE has now suspended its plans to cut maternity services to women in Cork and Kerry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile this is a welcome first step it does not go far enough. The HSE has confirmed that its plans to cut services in Cork and Kerry have now been suspended, but it remains unclear if cuts will proceed elsewhere in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is also not good enough for these plans to be temporarily paused \u2013 they must be permanently abandoned. Women and families in rural areas deserve certainty about their maternity services.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs it stands, there is no evidence base underpinning the HSE\u2019s attempt to reduce maternity services to women in rural Ireland. Instead of cutting maternity services to women, the HSE should be focused on expanding and improving them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHome births are safe and should be available to women who wish to choose this option \u2013 whether they live in urban or rural areas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>8 December, 2022<\/p>\n<p>Ends<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Women in rural areas deserve certainty about their maternity services The HSE\u2019s suspension of its plans to cancel home births in Cork and Kerry is a good first step \u2013 but the misguided plans should be permanently abandoned, according to Social Democrats Cork South West TD Holly Cairns. \u201cIn August we learned that the HSE [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1709,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,400,7,399],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","category-holly-cairns","category-press-release","category-tds"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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