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Hertfordshire Safeguarding Children Partnership


Are you a new parent/have young children?   Hertfordshire Safeguarding Children Partnership would like your feedback on Safer Sleeping advice given by professionals. All new parents are given Safer Sleeping advice by professionals both in pregnancy and in the first few weeks and months of their baby’s life.   This feedback can help us to improve the support and advice given and ensure that all new parents feel supported and educated in relation to safe sleeping. Your responses to the survey are anonymous. The survey closes on Friday 24 March 2023.   You can provide your feedback via the link to the survey: https://surveys.hertfordshire.gov.uk/s/safesleep/

NHS Healthy Start   Do you qualify for extra help to buy healthy food and milk?   The NHS Healthy Start Scheme helps low income families / those who qualify to receive money through a prepaid card every week   How it works: Money is added onto the Healthy Start card every 4 weeks and recipient receives: £4.25 each week of pregnancy from the 10th week £8.50 each week for children from birth to 1 year old £4.25 each week for children between 1 and 4 years old   Families can also obtain free vitamins from their local family centre in Hertfordshire – find out more at www.hertsfamilycentres.org/healthystartvitamins   Visit www.healthystart.nhs.uk to find out more and to apply