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Have you recently used antenatal, postnatal, or early years services in the UK? Tell a Cross Government Group on Early Years Family Support, about your experiences - £300 to be won!

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EmmaMumsnet · 04/03/2019 17:19

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As lots of Mumsnet users will know, having a new baby can be incredibly exciting and rewarding - but it can also be really challenging, and lots of new parents make use of classes and services to try to find information, get support, or just make some fellow new-parent friends.

A UK Government Ministerial Group on Early Years Family Support has been set up to improve these services, and its members want to hear about Mumsnet users’ experiences. They want to hear your feedback about pregnancy, baby and parenting services offered across the UK by the NHS, local government and charities. This includes (but isn’t limited to) help from health visitors, ante- and post-natal classes, breastfeeding support, parenting classes and peer support groups; the sort of thing you’d access if you are expecting a child or have a child under 2. Part of the Group‘s focus is perinatal mental health and how to effectively support wellbeing for babies and new parents.

Andrea Leadsom, Leader of the House of Commons and Chair of the Group, says: “The importance of the first 1,001 days of a child’s life has been a personal passion of mine for a long time. I am so looking forward to working with Mumsnet to hear about your experiences as an expectant or new parent. Your feedback will help us shape future services for other parents and babies.”

So please tell us about what services you are currently using or have recently used, how you came to find them (and how easy this was), whether they were compassionate, effective, fun and/or useful (or not), and how you think support for new families could be improved.

If you’ve got any suggestions for additional services you’d have liked to use that don’t exist or you couldn’t access, please let us know about those too. We’d also love to hear about the importance of location for you when you choose between services.

Everyone who shares their experiences of pregnancy and baby services they have used will be entered into a prize draw to win a £300 voucher of their choice (from a list).

Thanks

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Have you recently used antenatal, postnatal, or early years services in the UK? Tell a Cross Government Group on Early Years Family Support, about your experiences - £300 to be won!
Have you recently used antenatal, postnatal, or early years services in the UK? Tell a Cross Government Group on Early Years Family Support, about your experiences - £300 to be won!
Have you recently used antenatal, postnatal, or early years services in the UK? Tell a Cross Government Group on Early Years Family Support, about your experiences - £300 to be won!
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RowanMumsnet · 06/03/2019 13:12

Hello

Thanks very much to everyone who's posted. If you haven't already done so, it would be really great if you could mention where you're from (no need to be too specific, a county or even region would do). It would help the Ministerial Group keep an eye on any patterns around best practice (or not so great practice). Thanks

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EmmaMumsnet · 19/03/2019 09:52

Congratulations to @Sarah8418 whose name was pulled from the prize draw to win the £300 voucher! Smile

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EllieMumsnet · 04/04/2019 16:30

Hi Everyone

The Chair of the Early Years Inter-Ministerial Group, Andrea Leadsom would love to say the following:

"I want to thank all those who have taken the time to respond in this forum and help inform us about your experiences. Your personal testimonies are invaluable. I have read every post and will share them with ministerial colleagues as we work to improve the support available to families. I look forward to keeping you all posted in the coming months as this important work continues". Smile

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