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Identify parents in need of additional support

Intervention Who
  • Health visitor at 8 weeks

+ Screen parent-infant interaction

  • Health visitor at 8 weeks

+ Support mental wellbeing

  • Health visitors
  • Children’s centre practitioners
  • GPs
  • Voluntary sector

+ Support development of social networks

  • Health visitors
  • Children’s centre practitioners
  • Voluntary sector services

+ Referral pathways for women with additional needs: Universal Plus

  • Health visitors and midwives refer through GPs to specialist perinatal mental health services

+ Referral pathways for women with additional needs: Universal Partnership Plus

  • Referrals may be made directly to IAPT services. Women may also self-refer to IAPT services
  • Specialist mental health practitioners (e.g. psychologist; psychiatrists etc.)