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Daily Record
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Ross Thomson

Visitors to Lanarkshire maternity unit reduced after NHS staff subjected to verbal abuse

NHS Lanarkshire’s chief midwife has hit out after visitors to Wishaw General’s maternity unit subjected staff to verbal abuse.

The level of abuse has been so severe that senior midwives have decided to reduce the second visitor to two hours per day and by appointment only.

Cheryl Clark, NHS Lanarkshire chief midwife, told Lanarkshire Live : “We have worked tirelessly to get visiting back to what our parents and families want.

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