About FNP

Our family nurses are specially trained and work alongside younger parents regularly in their home, offering support and up-to-date information from the early stages of pregnancy, up until your child is two, or as decided by the family and their nurse. The main aims of the Family Nurse Partnership programme are to;

• support mums to have a healthy pregnancy
• improve the health and development of babies
• support mums to plan for their future

Home visits

To get to know one another, we offer frequent visit. The family and nurse will then decide when visits will take place and what the family want to discuss. This is down to each individual but may include;

• Growth and development of your unborn baby, and what you can do to support this
• Looking after yourself and preparing for labour
• Getting off to the best start with your baby
• Yours and your babies’ health and wellbeing
• Learning all about play and development
• Support with any wider life challenges that may be stopping you from becoming the mum you want to be for your baby

Supporting you

The Family Nurse will take on the role of Health Visitor and will be able to support you and answer questions you have; this should mean that you have the same person helping you from pregnancy until your baby is a toddler. Research has shown that children of families who join the Family Nurse Partnership show improved signs of school readiness!

While we offer our service to first-time mums specifically, dads, partners and other family members can also be involved in the visits if you would like them to be.

Group sessions

Our team offer group sessions to support your emotional health and wellbeing as you adjust to parenthood. We also offer story-sharing experiences with other young mums and are hoping to arrange this for dads and partners too.

Partnerships

To help provide the best possible care, and in agreement with guidelines for sharing information, we work closely with GPs, midwives, school health nurses, Health Visitors, early years settings, early intervention services, community & voluntary settings, and Social and Health Care.