Would a pregnant 17 year old who has attempted suicide at 15weeks pregnant have social services involved?

[Katievalentine]

What would happen would anyone be there to safeguard the baby even though it isn't born?

I would hope so 😶

A pre-birth assessment should be done by a social worker.

Hopefully OP.

I'd say it was a certainty, yes.

The young person in question will need exceptional support.

This sounds a horrible situation for her.

I’d hope social services would be involved but it’d be for her rather than to safeguard the baby.

Yes she would be allocated a worker to carry out a pre birth assessment. However in practice this assessment doesn't generally happen until much closer to birth, and sadly for the baby, little can be done to protect them at this early stage. The baby's name can be put on the child protection register pre birth, iirc up to 3 months before.

The young woman obviously needs care and support, is that in place?

Surely the perinatal MH team would be on this.

Assuming that the suicide attempt is on record somewhere (if she went to hospital, saw her GP etc).

This phrasing worries me

based on experience of volunteering, my first question is, is someone telling her she must have the baby? She needs help urgently and maybe protection from such a person.