Maternity and new parent support leave
We support our colleagues who are having a baby or choosing to adopt. Staff are entitled to paid and unpaid maternity leave if they have 12 months' continuous NHS service at the beginning of the eleventh week before expected childbirth.
Where this criteria is met staff will receive:
- 8 weeks leave at full pay
- 18 weeks leave at half pay
- 13 weeks Statutory Maternity Pay or maternity allowance you're entitled to under the statutory scheme
- final 13 weeks no pay.
You can also choose to share leave with your partner.
Two weeks paid new parent support leave (paternity leave) is also available for partners with 12 months continuous NHS service.
More information
If you work at CWPT and would like to know more about the support we offer to expecting and new parents, you can see our policies on the Trust intranet. Links are only accessible to staff members logged into the Trust network.
Maternity policy Adoption leave policy Shared parental leave policy
