Tag Archives: Maternity

Crying baby? Help is at hand

21 September 2022 · by · in health and wellbeing, Health Protection, Press releases, Public Health

Somerset County Council’s Public Health Team has joined other organisations from across the county this September to promote lifesaving messages to parents. ‘Babies cry, you can cope’ is a key message being delivered as part of ICON Week (26-30 September). The ICON programme helps families create a nurturing environment and learn supporting comfort methods which […]

Digital resources transform parent support in Somerset

23 November 2020 · by · in Clare Paul, health and wellbeing, Press releases, Uncategorized

A new suite of digital resources launched this month will provide further information and support to families about pregnancy and parenthood. The ‘Somerset Maternity Toolkit’, available digitally twenty-four hours a day, is designed to support people through pregnancy and the parenting journey. It offers trustworthy information and support from pre-conception, pregnancy, through to infant feeding […]

Parent hacks – digital toolkit launched to help Somerset parents

1 August 2020 · by · in Clare Paul, families, Families and Children, health and wellbeing, Health Protection, Latest information, Press releases

A new online maternity toolkit designed to offer accessible information to families about pregnancy and parenthood has been launched in Somerset for World Breastfeeding Week, 1st – 7th August. The new Somerset Maternity Toolkit, from Somerset County Council and the wider Local Maternity System (LMS) offers trustworthy information and digital support from pre-conception information and […]