Honiton Maternity Matters Petition: Signature List Feed http://gopetition.com/signatures/honiton-maternity-matters.html Online petition signatures en-us Sat, 18 Apr 2026 12:30 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Mrs Elaine Glynn [Signature #531] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8470711?utm_medium=rss Thu, 9 Sep 2010 05:43:35 UTC 8470711 Mrs Geena Olney [Signature #530] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7768215?utm_medium=rss Thu, 27 May 2010 03:02:21 UTC 7768215 ms nikki james [Signature #529] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7682501?utm_medium=rss Tue, 18 May 2010 10:20:10 UTC 7682501 miss jackie naylor [Signature #528] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7671410?utm_medium=rss Mon, 17 May 2010 01:22:05 UTC 7671410 ms kelly curwood [Signature #527] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7658206?utm_medium=rss Sun, 16 May 2010 01:18:38 UTC 7658206 Mrs Susan Smith [Signature #526] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7637163?utm_medium=rss I had wonderful after care with my last two babies and I am so grateful to have had that opportunity. It is really important to have that time to recover and help to form a strong bond between mum and baby before going home to normal life.

]]> Fri, 14 May 2010 07:05:53 UTC 7637163 Ms Catherine Bartholomew [Signature #525] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7635711?utm_medium=rss Fri, 14 May 2010 04:21:13 UTC 7635711 NICOLA CLARKE [Signature #524] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7609623?utm_medium=rss Thu, 13 May 2010 11:12:33 UTC 7609623 miss fran beer [Signature #523] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7551643?utm_medium=rss Services at the RD & E. The pre and post natal wards are already overstreched with shortages of beds and staff . The labour ward can only accomodate so many women at one time as can midwives... Within mins of arrival at honiton post birth i was taught how to competently feed my daughter, bath her and care for her. to loose this service i believe would put babys and mothers at risk. not identify mallnutroition,post natal depression, post birth infections. This would be a grave mistake

]]> Sat, 8 May 2010 03:51:21 UTC 7551643 Ms Diana Turner [Signature #522] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7545748?utm_medium=rss Fri, 7 May 2010 06:11:05 UTC 7545748 Mrs Kim O'Brien [Signature #521] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7535575?utm_medium=rss Thu, 6 May 2010 11:47:29 UTC 7535575 alison bird [Signature #520] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7524193?utm_medium=rss Wed, 5 May 2010 08:55:33 UTC 7524193 MIss Laura Swanton [Signature #519] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7514662?utm_medium=rss Tue, 4 May 2010 02:26:47 UTC 7514662 Miss Georgia Dommett [Signature #518] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7510259?utm_medium=rss Tue, 4 May 2010 05:17:05 UTC 7510259 Mrs Emily Gladstone [Signature #517] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7507534?utm_medium=rss Having given birth in Honiton 3 months ago i know this care is VITAL to new mothers and will, i am sure increase breastfeeding and therefore the health of future generations. Please listen.

]]> Mon, 3 May 2010 05:19:05 UTC 7507534 mrs fionna goodhew [Signature #516] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7492358?utm_medium=rss Save our Hilton.

]]> Sat, 1 May 2010 04:01:25 UTC 7492358 Kath Dymond [Signature #515] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7489682?utm_medium=rss Sat, 1 May 2010 10:44:41 UTC 7489682 Michael Dymond [Signature #514] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7489666?utm_medium=rss Sat, 1 May 2010 10:43:08 UTC 7489666 Mrs Melanie Lester [Signature #513] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7482254?utm_medium=rss Fri, 30 Apr 2010 12:14:52 UTC 7482254 Mrs Julie Burke [Signature #512] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7477564?utm_medium=rss Thu, 29 Apr 2010 11:38:13 UTC 7477564 mrs sarah chaffey [Signature #511] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7468858?utm_medium=rss i had my little girl there a year ago and they were all great the after care was exellent dont change it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

]]> Thu, 29 Apr 2010 08:14:49 UTC 7468858 Mrs kelly Terry [Signature #510] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7466943?utm_medium=rss Thu, 29 Apr 2010 04:12:53 UTC 7466943 mrs maxine rushton [Signature #509] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7457843?utm_medium=rss I feel it is vital for new mums to have the care and attention for them to be able to care for their baby and it is also vital for the health and safety of both mum and baby.

]]> Wed, 28 Apr 2010 02:46:21 UTC 7457843 Mr Allan Perry [Signature #508] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7453871?utm_medium=rss Tue, 27 Apr 2010 02:59:22 UTC 7453871 Mrs VERNA ROBERTS [Signature #507] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7451322?utm_medium=rss KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK AND DON'T GIVE IN. GOOD LUCK TO THE HONITON MATERNITY HOSPITAL. Verna Roberts, Cornwall.

]]> Tue, 27 Apr 2010 08:31:15 UTC 7451322 Ms Imogen Fallows [Signature #506] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7450246?utm_medium=rss Tue, 27 Apr 2010 03:52:01 UTC 7450246 Mrs Katie Martin [Signature #505] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7444855?utm_medium=rss Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:10:03 UTC 7444855 Mr Robert Storey [Signature #504] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7440282?utm_medium=rss Sun, 25 Apr 2010 04:45:18 UTC 7440282 Mrs Emma Storey [Signature #503] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7440278?utm_medium=rss Sun, 25 Apr 2010 04:43:41 UTC 7440278 mrs rebecca smtih [Signature #502] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7437206?utm_medium=rss Sun, 25 Apr 2010 01:23:30 UTC 7437206 Miss Helen Vaughan [Signature #501] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7433485?utm_medium=rss Without the aftercare at Honiton Maternity Unit I never would of breast fed my soon so well. Their aftercare was amazing and its' a damn shame that this is being stopped. Especially for a first time mum like I was without a clue of the practicalities that a new baby brings.They showed me how to feed, bath and change my baby. They also helped me care for him as I had, had a long and difficult labour, I never recieved any where near this care when I went for my second baby in Exeter.

]]> Sat, 24 Apr 2010 04:45:00 UTC 7433485 Mr Jim Davidson [Signature #500] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7428118?utm_medium=rss Fri, 23 Apr 2010 01:11:40 UTC 7428118 MRs Rachel Kowalski [Signature #499] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7426570?utm_medium=rss Thu, 22 Apr 2010 03:51:50 UTC 7426570 Ms Laura Mackenzie [Signature #498] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7425155?utm_medium=rss Thu, 22 Apr 2010 10:47:56 UTC 7425155 Mrs Bridie Hurford [Signature #497] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7424839?utm_medium=rss Thu, 22 Apr 2010 09:45:35 UTC 7424839 mrs tamsyn king [Signature #496] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7423271?utm_medium=rss Thu, 22 Apr 2010 02:54:43 UTC 7423271 Mrs Lurleen Badger [Signature #495] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7422720?utm_medium=rss Wed, 21 Apr 2010 10:43:30 UTC 7422720 Miss Lucy Rosier [Signature #494] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7421581?utm_medium=rss Wed, 21 Apr 2010 05:39:49 UTC 7421581 Mrs Sally Atherton [Signature #493] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7420702?utm_medium=rss Honiton hosp is simply wonderful for the after care provided to new and experienced mums, it will be a shame if its taken away, as many mums wouldn't be able to breast feed without them. The whole experience of child birth is a worrying time and the midwives there made it a lot more relaxing and friendly unlike Exeter which is too big and busy for the personal one to one care that honiton can provide.

]]> Wed, 21 Apr 2010 02:33:07 UTC 7420702 Miss Leanne Newcombe [Signature #492] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7419849?utm_medium=rss Wed, 21 Apr 2010 11:52:10 UTC 7419849 Dr Tamsin Kilner O'Byrne [Signature #491] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7418346?utm_medium=rss Wed, 21 Apr 2010 06:04:50 UTC 7418346 Miss Kerry Mota [Signature #490] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7418064?utm_medium=rss Wed, 21 Apr 2010 03:56:59 UTC 7418064 Mrs M Brahmbhatt [Signature #489] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7415654?utm_medium=rss Tue, 20 Apr 2010 02:49:08 UTC 7415654 Mrs Laura Parker [Signature #488] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7414105?utm_medium=rss Tue, 20 Apr 2010 10:00:43 UTC 7414105 Mrs Gayle Chapple [Signature #487] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7412712?utm_medium=rss New Mums definitely need more than 1 night to bond and gain confidence with their new babies. I did!

]]> Tue, 20 Apr 2010 04:50:03 UTC 7412712 Mrs Emma Wilson [Signature #486] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7412280?utm_medium=rss Tue, 20 Apr 2010 01:41:20 UTC 7412280 Mr Lee Maddicks [Signature #485] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7410575?utm_medium=rss Mon, 19 Apr 2010 04:29:40 UTC 7410575 Linda Jeffery [Signature #484] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7410550?utm_medium=rss Mon, 19 Apr 2010 04:24:22 UTC 7410550 mrs sandra ryton [Signature #483] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7410348?utm_medium=rss Mon, 19 Apr 2010 03:40:53 UTC 7410348 miss charlotte mason [Signature #482] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7409936?utm_medium=rss Mon, 19 Apr 2010 02:27:34 UTC 7409936 Mrs Charlotte Woollam [Signature #481] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7409562?utm_medium=rss I had my first in honiton and received wonderful care. I have had my second there a week ago and am at home struggling with feeding. Community midwives are wonderful but not there at 2am. The NHS bosses should be ashamed of this decision.

]]> Mon, 19 Apr 2010 01:15:39 UTC 7409562 Mrs Louise Beeken [Signature #480] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7408997?utm_medium=rss As a first time Mum, the change in services at Honiton, particulalry the after birth care has added extra fear to an already unnerving time and without a doubt will not give the best start for both Mother and baby. The changes proposed give minimal basic maternity care to the population of Honiton.

]]> Mon, 19 Apr 2010 11:37:35 UTC 7408997 miss vicky collings [Signature #479] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7408586?utm_medium=rss Mon, 19 Apr 2010 10:15:09 UTC 7408586 miss harriet Fouracre [Signature #478] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7408040?utm_medium=rss Mon, 19 Apr 2010 08:12:53 UTC 7408040 Roger Lewis [Signature #477] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7407967?utm_medium=rss Mon, 19 Apr 2010 07:56:13 UTC 7407967 Mrs Gina Cox - retired Midwife [Signature #476] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7407928?utm_medium=rss Mothers should not be presurised into early discharge from maternity hospital for financial reasons. Midwife help with stablishing successful breast feeding within first 48 hours needed - not by phone from unqualified staff.

]]> Mon, 19 Apr 2010 07:45:08 UTC 7407928 Dr Jane Ferguson [Signature #475] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7407403?utm_medium=rss This is a retrograde step. I had my 3 children in midwife led units and my third at Honiton maternity unit. Postnatal support particularly with breast feeding is essential in the first few days to ensure success and to encourage breast feeding in a country where breast feeding rates are too low. This does not mean advice via a telephone help line or waiting for the midwife to visit once a day, it means access to help immediately when it is really needed including in the middle of the night!

]]> Mon, 19 Apr 2010 04:55:57 UTC 7407403 Mrs Jade Watts [Signature #474] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7407222?utm_medium=rss Mon, 19 Apr 2010 03:50:17 UTC 7407222 Mrs Chris Glanville [Signature #473] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7407055?utm_medium=rss Mon, 19 Apr 2010 02:50:25 UTC 7407055 Miss Nicola Searle [Signature #472] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7406994?utm_medium=rss Mon, 19 Apr 2010 02:20:37 UTC 7406994 Mrs Kathryn Lusby [Signature #471] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7406946?utm_medium=rss Mon, 19 Apr 2010 01:58:08 UTC 7406946 Mr David Hall [Signature #470] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7406941?utm_medium=rss Mon, 19 Apr 2010 01:55:19 UTC 7406941 mrs donna smith [Signature #469] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7406588?utm_medium=rss please keep honiton maternity going i would not be breast feeding if it was not for the staff and after care i had at honiton hospital. don't denie the chance of breest feeding to other new mums. im sure having the extra help and surport realy helps with baby blues and post natel depresion.

]]> Sun, 18 Apr 2010 11:19:57 UTC 7406588 Mrs Louise Scott [Signature #468] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7405249?utm_medium=rss Sun, 18 Apr 2010 04:42:22 UTC 7405249 Mr James Dixon [Signature #467] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7405080?utm_medium=rss Sun, 18 Apr 2010 04:09:23 UTC 7405080 miss rachel hill [Signature #466] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7404920?utm_medium=rss im having my first baby in september and ive been told how great the aftercare is in honiton, i would really love to experience that and i am afraid of being shipped out after a few hours!!

]]> Sun, 18 Apr 2010 03:35:54 UTC 7404920 Miss Rachel Burrows [Signature #465] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7404910?utm_medium=rss Sun, 18 Apr 2010 03:34:10 UTC 7404910 Mrs Cathy Balcer [Signature #464] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7404860?utm_medium=rss Honiton was a fantastic haven after the understaffed RD&E, I would not have coped nearly as well if I hadn't been able to go to Honiton. The staff and whole environment was perfect for a new mum who had had a traumatic birth.

]]> Sun, 18 Apr 2010 03:24:07 UTC 7404860 Mr Roger Rowe [Signature #463] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7404677?utm_medium=rss Amazing that the authorities should even consider such a course.

]]> Sun, 18 Apr 2010 02:41:45 UTC 7404677 mrs sarah poole [Signature #462] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7403797?utm_medium=rss Sun, 18 Apr 2010 11:51:48 UTC 7403797 Mr Rob Hope [Signature #461] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7402974?utm_medium=rss Sun, 18 Apr 2010 07:42:52 UTC 7402974 Miss Stacy Kinsella [Signature #460] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7402961?utm_medium=rss Sun, 18 Apr 2010 07:39:19 UTC 7402961 Mrs Elaine Reynolds [Signature #459] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7402493?utm_medium=rss Sun, 18 Apr 2010 04:03:34 UTC 7402493 Mrs Sarah Rose [Signature #458] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7401218?utm_medium=rss Sat, 17 Apr 2010 06:48:31 UTC 7401218 miss laurie-louise james [Signature #457] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7400556?utm_medium=rss Sat, 17 Apr 2010 03:20:47 UTC 7400556 miss holly bateman [Signature #456] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7400495?utm_medium=rss Sat, 17 Apr 2010 03:02:14 UTC 7400495 Parul Patel [Signature #455] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7400472?utm_medium=rss Sat, 17 Apr 2010 02:50:16 UTC 7400472 Mrs Jan Barton [Signature #454] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7400286?utm_medium=rss I run birthing with hypnosis programmes and my experience is that mother's need time and support after giving birth. They often tell me me that if it wasn't for the wonderful care and attention given in the unit at Honiton they wonder how they would have coped. Help and support with breastfeeding and gaining confidence in themselves with their new baby is hugely important in these early days when mum is tired and sometimes overwhelmed. This 1st class service is essential in our community.

]]> Sat, 17 Apr 2010 01:57:40 UTC 7400286 miss danielle bourne [Signature #453] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7400272?utm_medium=rss Sat, 17 Apr 2010 01:52:43 UTC 7400272 Mrs Rebecca Harvey [Signature #452] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7400056?utm_medium=rss Sat, 17 Apr 2010 12:53:05 UTC 7400056 Mrs Jennifer Melarkey-Williams [Signature #451] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7400010?utm_medium=rss I stayed at the Honiton Maternity unit 5 years ago after being sent back from Exeter Hospital. If it wasn't for them I wouldn't have had as much confidence, they gave great advice with breastfeeding and so much support with dressing and bathing my newborn.

]]> Sat, 17 Apr 2010 12:39:16 UTC 7400010 Mr Keith Martin [Signature #450] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7399921?utm_medium=rss Sat, 17 Apr 2010 12:12:07 UTC 7399921 Alison oss [Signature #449] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7399493?utm_medium=rss Sat, 17 Apr 2010 09:59:56 UTC 7399493 Mr Tamsin Grayling [Signature #448] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7399422?utm_medium=rss The proposals will impede breastfeeding, bonding with the baby and impact on mothers' physical and mental health, the baby and their family.

]]> Sat, 17 Apr 2010 09:38:39 UTC 7399422 mrs annie lawrence [Signature #447] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7398855?utm_medium=rss Sat, 17 Apr 2010 06:30:59 UTC 7398855 miss hayley armes [Signature #446] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7398659?utm_medium=rss please save the unit!! i am 27 weeks pregnant and found that the midwives at exeter are very short with you when attempting to breast feed your new born,

]]> Sat, 17 Apr 2010 04:35:53 UTC 7398659 Drew Aspinwall [Signature #445] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7398642?utm_medium=rss Sat, 17 Apr 2010 04:27:07 UTC 7398642 Mr Paul Brophy [Signature #444] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7398637?utm_medium=rss Sat, 17 Apr 2010 04:24:17 UTC 7398637 Mrs Ansu Brahmbhatt [Signature #443] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7398532?utm_medium=rss Sat, 17 Apr 2010 03:17:55 UTC 7398532 Juliet Kendall [Signature #442] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7396649?utm_medium=rss I spent several days in the Honiton Maternity unit with my first child, back in 1995. The advice I received and the attention I received was invaluable.

]]> Fri, 16 Apr 2010 04:28:10 UTC 7396649 Mr Rob Simmons [Signature #441] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7396355?utm_medium=rss Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:28:22 UTC 7396355 Mrs Ruth Simmons [Signature #440] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7396350?utm_medium=rss Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:27:16 UTC 7396350 Mrs Karin Forsyth [Signature #439] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7396341?utm_medium=rss Save our Hospital

]]> Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:24:50 UTC 7396341 mrs carrie holdsworth [Signature #438] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7396308?utm_medium=rss Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:18:05 UTC 7396308 Miss Leila Stone [Signature #437] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7396172?utm_medium=rss I spent a night in Honiton following the birth of my son and feel this was absolutely essential to my recovery following a
C-section and to ensuring I was successful in breastfeeding my little boy. The support I received in honiton was second to none! Thank you to Rachel and the rest of the staff there for all their support and hard work. Hope the 'powers that be' make the right decision for you and all future Mums that come to Honiton.

]]> Fri, 16 Apr 2010 02:53:55 UTC 7396172 Mrs Claire Quick [Signature #436] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7396131?utm_medium=rss I had my first son at Honiton and was amazed by the care I received. It made a scary event truly wonderful and gave me the chance to recover and establish breastfeeding with confidence. I carried on feeding until nearly 6 months and I'm sure that was due to the care I received whilst at Honiton.

]]> Fri, 16 Apr 2010 02:48:04 UTC 7396131 Mrs Sian Peace [Signature #435] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7396093?utm_medium=rss Fri, 16 Apr 2010 02:40:13 UTC 7396093 mrs rachel cox [Signature #434] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7395912?utm_medium=rss Fri, 16 Apr 2010 02:07:21 UTC 7395912 miss samantha bull [Signature #433] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7395823?utm_medium=rss I intended to go to honiton but due to complications i had to go to exeter to deliver.iv heard honiton has got the personal touch,where as exeter was excellent in the delivery suite but the aftercare was minimal.i was very scared at being a new mum,and the staff were always too busy to see us.we were disharged the next day,and a week later my daughter was seriously ill with a group b strep infection.i have no doubt that the staff in honiton would have detected this if we had stayed there

]]> Fri, 16 Apr 2010 01:49:09 UTC 7395823 Mrs Antoinette Beament [Signature #432] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7395817?utm_medium=rss Fri, 16 Apr 2010 01:48:07 UTC 7395817