Campaign to end Bounty sales reps' access to maternity wards - please read and share

[JustineMumsnet]

Evening all,

Thanks to all of you who have taken the time to fill in our survey on Bounty and share your stories - from the initial idea onwards, this really is a campaign that has been prompted by your concerns, as posted on Mumsnet.

The survey showed that a very large majority (82%) felt it was unacceptable for Bounty sales reps to be on hospital wards, as well as highlighting a number of other concerns about Bounty reps' selling practices, so we're calling on government to end this kind of direct selling/data collecting on NHS wards. See more here.

It's clear, from the survey results, that, even after Bounty updated its code of conduct (these results only include users who gave birth from May 2012 - the full results containing prior data are here) its practices leave a lot to be desired, and that Mumsnet users feel very strongly that the maternity ward is no place for a hard sell, so we're really hoping that government will listen to us.

Here's how you can help...

Please sign the petition

If you're on Twitter please tweet your support for the campaign with the hashtag #bountymutiny and the following link:

tiny.mn/1bsnpNw

If you're on Facebook then please like campaign page our campaign page (there's a FB link to click at the top on the left).

If you're on Google+, well, you'll know what to do.

We'll, of course, keep you posted here about the campaign and any developments. Thanks to everyone for their stories, honesty and input. Here's hoping we can make a difference!

First domino down - NHS Highland Health Board in Scotland has banned Bounty reps from maternity wards.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-23143652

Second domino! Poole went on Friday.

TBH WAS MORE ANNOYED WITH REVEREND who appeared when dd1 was in neonatal unit and critical than by any Bounty person...who actually did not materialise at that time....dd1 subsequently died,since then with ds 1 and ds2 no probs re Bounty.

This campaign...if that is what it is deserves a biscuit.Cannot believe this is deemed remotely important.How lucky we are that this is all we have to whinge about.

Thanks for apology Juggling...can tell it is sincwere

sincere!

doody oooohh good point! Why should we try and fix pressure selling to vulnerable people when Aids, Cancer and Poverty still exist!

Oh wait that is the opposite of a good point...my mistake.

I still haven't had any response from my email :(

Would love to know the jobs you and your other halves have am sure they are all ethical etc etc etc....

Ohhh another good point there Dooby, because you can't stop one ethically dodgy activity if any others exist in the world!

Oh no wait...that shit again isn't it...

Haha...you are not remotely making sense.,...but do carry on.You are obviously feeling pleased with your wiity [ hmm ] responses.

picks up and eats
Yum I was hungry. Thank you.

I do find it weird that theres so many people who are against the campaign on the grounds that 'well I never a bad experience'

Especially when they complain at the same time about how they were annoyed by someone else who approach them, unwanted, in a maternity unit. Oh the irony

Just saying there may be other things to be annoyed about.Doubt the Rev on commission but that is ok I suppose?....Hilarious thread.Still waiting to see what other peoples jobs are...am sure they involve hemp and lots of it

ha ha indeed.

or maybe you would care to explain why you think the fact there are worse injustices in the world mean that we shouldn't campaign to fix the ones we can?

or explain what relevance my job could possibly have to whether or not I should campaign to end a job I (and many others) find to be ethically dubious in the extreme?

Because my very-simple-to-follow straight forward point is that stopping anything bad is an improvement over not stopping something bad.

red yep like people campaigning to keep nuisance sales phone calls because they once bought a conservatory, and to fuck with the elderly or people with disabilities who get pressured into things they don't want or need.

An injustice?...How fortunate we are...that this is considered an injustice.

Well I don't wonder at all what you think I am.

,,,However am not head honcho of Bounty...though perhaps head thingy of Bounty would say that!