I am posting this on behalf of a friend who is due to have her first baby in November. She and her partner have been told that they cannot see the maternity unit/ delivery suite prior to being admitted to the hospital when in labour and that there is now a national ban on tours. I had my baby last year and was given a tour of the midwife-led unit and the consultant-led unit as part of the antenatal classes.
Have any other people been told there is a ban? Or is it just a strange rule of this hospital?