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Patient & Carers
Ireland
Patient & Carers
Ireland

Ongoing support for parents and healthcare professionals through the pandemic

Helping to support new parents bring a child into the world is a rewarding and exciting task. However, you more than anyone will know the weeks leading up to birth and the first months into parenthood can be challenging, even without the current pandemic.

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As an option to help you to reassure new parents in what may well be an isolated time away from their usual support network – Nutricia have launched a free programme under the Aptaclub website called United with New Parents. It provides an additional avenue for you to continue delivering the best possible support and advice about pregnancy and parenthood throughout the coronavirus pandemic, all available from a safe and secure distance thanks to the full digital offering.

Reviewed and developed in collaboration with experts such as Dr Sarah Jarvis MBE – this resource,  combines a plethora of materials for you to share to support new parents with scientific led-guidance, including:

For further information on the programme – please visit www.unitedwithnewparents.co.uk. You can share this link with new parents to continue providing high quality, evidence-based support despite these extraordinary times.

Are you looking for some support and CPD of your own?

We know that life is busy for healthcare professionals too – that’s why we’ve created The Beat a free podcast series in which each episode is hosted by an NHS midwife and lasts only 20 minutes – perfect for short car journeys or even to listen to when cooking. Listen to our episodes on how healthcare professionals have been managing during COVID on the Nutricia website, Spotify or Apple Podcasts here.

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