Sure Start Maternity Grant

But yes, these things would be so much more convenient if all the info was in the Bounty Packs. I never got the new baby one after Kerr was born because I left hospital within a couple of hours of his birth, and trying to sort out the Child Benefit form was a nightmare

Yes and no. Many people boycott Bounty and not all midwives hand them out (especially for home births) for various reasons. I do think there could be one source of info though for all sorts of pregnancy and birth related stuff.

I know Morag, but since they put the Child Benefit forms in there (ridiculous IMO) they could just as easily put the other forms in the maternity packs too

Our hospital doesnt give out the bounty packs any more

In saying that I dont think the midwives should be responsible for trying to keep up with all the legislation

That's not what I meant. I was talking about a specific midwife who said those things were only for the young single mums to get, so I wouldn't be entitled to anything, without her knowing anything about our financial circumstances. She was useless in many other ways too and was a bit of a standing joke at the hospital for sending people for unnecessary growth scans because she couldn't examine them properly
But yes, these things would be so much more convenient if all the info was in the Bounty Packs. I never got the new baby one after Kerr was born because I left hospital within a couple of hours of his birth, and trying to sort out the Child Benefit form was a nightmare

I was actually talking about my own midwife and her lack of knowledge on maternity benefits Had she known, then I could of had full maternity allowance for 6 months which I think it was back then, which would have been very nice to have had - as it was, I didnt get anything This time around, I have a new midwife, but again, I had to ask about the maternity allowance form and she didnt know anything about maternity allowance and being self employed either

Would be nice if there was just 1 simple form to fill in, where you could pop in your details and the 'system' worked it all out for you - perhaps not the B*ounty pack, but an official form from the midwife Wouldnt it make life so much easier!

Yes, I totally agree with that