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Best Start for Life Antenatal Health and Wellbeing Contact

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Receive additional antenatal support and information if you are pregnant and live in Leicester City

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust alongside Leicester City Council, Heads Up Leicester, University Hospitals of Leicester, and Leicester Mammas have worked together to devise a new antenatal health and wellbeing contact.

This provides pregnant women and pregnant people living in Leicester the opportunity to access a wide range of advice and information relating to their pregnancy.

You can access this contact by clicking here, or via the image below, which takes you to an online questionnaire. This will provide additional support and information on a range of pregnancy and parenting topics, such as how to have a healthy pregnancy.

You will be asked a series of questions about different topics and, depending on your answers, you will receive an electronic care plan at the end which will include web links to a variety of resources for further information.

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The antenatal health and wellbeing contact forms part of a wider pilot project, featuring the above organisations, to support local new parents during the first 1,001 days (from conception to two years of age) of their baby’s lives.

The project is funded by the Department of Health and Social Care and will see the establishment of a programme of activities, specialist help, workshops and advice for families to help ensure their children get off to the best start during the crucial first two years of their lives.

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Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust runs a confidential secure text messaging service for parents of children aged 0-19 years called Chat Health. The service operates Monday to Friday between 9am and 5pm, excluding bank holidays. All texts will be responded to by a public health nurse (health visitor/school nurse) within 24 hours. Outside of the service working hours, you’ll receive a message back to inform you that your text will be responded to once the line reopens.

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Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust runs the Healthy Together Helpline for parents and carers in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. The Helpline’s qualified health and administrative professionals offer easy to access, safe and free advice, support and signposting. Calls are answered from 9am – 4.30pm on weekdays, excluding bank holidays. Calls are charged at the same rate as calling a standard landline number.

Should you require urgent health advice in the meantime, please contact your GP, visit an NHS walk-in centre or call NHS 111. For emergencies, dial 999 or visit A&E.

Page last reviewed: 10-05-2024

Next review due: 10-05-2027