PLEASE SHARE! We are looking for info about providing effective support to young mothers and birthing parents (aged 25 and under) in the perinatal period. We are looking for papers/reports/evaluations/blogs/commentaries. Send to: [email protected]. Information: perinatalsupport.co.uk
"Postnatal wards are meant to nurture and support new mothers at a time when they are highly vulnerable, but this is the opposite of what I saw."
Alice Giucca describes how her experience on a postnatal ward showed a system in collapse
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
I spoke to Chris Smyth for this Times piece on the rising numbers of people claiming Personal Independence Payment (PIP) for anxiety & depression (link to the article at the end of this thread)
Here are the five key things we need to consider to understand this trend... 🧵
We have such uneven spending on housing for people in need, too - dwindling budgets for voluntary sector, commissioned housing (from legacy Supporting People budgets), vs escalating costs for reactive & unstrategic use of temporary accommodation and spot purchased, typically private provision
We should not underestimate what a progressive step this is for our reproductive rights
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Today we're in Birmingham for our 'Back To Their Futures Summit: Transforming Care for children subject to deprivation of liberty (DoL) orders'.
What do children on DoL orders need?
These principles of care were created alongside a team of experts: www.nuffieldfjo.org.uk/resource/pri...
‘Staff assessed the moral worth of families through inspection and case-work, often relying on local gossip and judging families on their ability to keep up appearances. A dirty home meant a deviant family life.’
Mary Hannity on the Waifs and Strays Society: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
I don't think I could find data on this when I looked, but I'd guess that there are a lot of people with support needs who are living in temporary accommodation and getting no support, at a higher cost than supported housing. And if that isn't reliably recorded, how can we know the scale of need?
open.spotify.com/episode/4f99... Loved this conversation with Sophie Willan, especially how she talks about her mum (balancing compassion, anger at the injustice of it all, and personal boundaries - think v few of us could manage all three!), and about her own self-understanding and self-compassion