presents for midwives!

hello!!! does anyone know if midwives are allowed to accept gifts? we have a really nice idea for a present for our midwife at our last appointment as she has been so incredible and supportive throughout my whole pregnancy and want to get her a gift but i know some
jobs you can’t accept gift, have you given your midwife a gift and were they able to accept it

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I had friends giving them chocolate/lovely biscuits so they can snack in between breaks etc 😍 I’m thinking of doing the same if I had a lovely one

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Check if the hospital they work for has a gifts and inducements policy, or conflicts of interest. This is my hospitals one I found online

https://www.westhertshospitals.nhs.uk/foi_publication_scheme/documents/trust_policies/F005_Conflicts_of_Interest_Policy_v5.pdf

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I bet a lovely fruit hamper for the midwives would go down a treat. They probably get chocolates and cakes regularly so to have a beautiful fruit hamper would be appreciated.

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We had a student deliver our little girl and got her a nursing fob watch engraved , chocolates flowers and cards and also a box of chocolates and flowers for the two midwives who assisted with the student. We then made up a massive hamper of teabags , coffee, biscuits and snacks for the other midwives on the ward ❤️

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We have the midwives in the hospital a box of biscuits when we left after my labour and they accepted it - I think often they can accept gifts provided they’re of low monetary value.

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Doctor here, something small is fine, nurses may have different rules but we can't accept anything above 20 pounds. Box of chocolates or something like that will be fine!

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I got the student midwife who delivered my son a Costa gift card, flowers, face masks and pamper things. She was amazing and even came to check on us on the ward after she finished her shift 🫶🏼

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