Healthcare workers, covid & pregnancy

[Bumpy987]

Hi does anyone work for the NHS and is pregnant?
I need to tell my line manager about being pregnant and just wanting to know what to expect really.
I'm only early (5weeks) and the guidance online is quite unclear.
What are you expected to do during early pregnancy? Are you still having patient contact?

In our trust you are taken out of clinical practice at 28 weeks. You would then be set up for home working or redeployed in a non patient facing role. They are following the RCOG guidelines.

I'm 28 weeks now but I'm in an unusual nursing role where I can work from home. I'm doing a bit of home working and a bit of office based (when it's quiet). That is entirely my choice though, my managers are happy to let me decide what I'm more comfortable with.

Great! Thank you very much for this. So I wouldn't be expected to work from home or be redeployed at this early stage then? Just worried that social distancing is completely non-existent in my role. We have to get up-close and personal with our patients otherwise we can't do our job (obviously like most healthcare workers)

In the area I work (high risk with lots of aerosol generating procedures) I worked till 28 weeks now at home (no work to do at home). I was allocated to work as none patient facing (with lots of other rules and things to avoid while at work, I work in a specialised area) till 28 weeks where as I am normally patient facing.

Hi the trust I work for is giving pregnant women in their first trimester the choice of being patient facing if happy to do so or if they feel the risk is to great to themselves or baby then they can say and be supported in this allowing them to be redeployed or do other duties until the 12 weeks. I'm currently 8+2 normally work in a receiving area but due to 2 previous losses I've chosen to remain off work for the time being planning to go back at 10 weeks to a non patient facing role until after 12 week scan. I have been fully supported by management in this decision and like others have said at 28 weeks if your role is unable to be redeployed or work from home you will be medically suspended.

I am HCA at my local hospital. I was shielding initially and have been told not to return to work at all in any role (I'm only bank staff so unsure how they could redeploy me when my shifts are as and when anyway) I'm only 20 weeks and started shielding at about 14 weeks, I do also have underlying health condition to do with my immunity though so it was the combination of the two which means I'm not working.. I'm bored already 🤪