Nursery World - Andrea Leadsom's group seeks to plug gaps for 0-2s

A new cross-Government ministerial group, chaired by the leader of the House of Commons Andrea Leadsom MP, has been working to identify gaps in support and services for families from when a child is conceived up to the age of two.

Early Years Family Support Ministerial Group travelling country to examine family services catering for conception to age two

The group, which comprises ministers from six departments, launched in June last year to review how to improve support for families in the first 1,001 days of a child’s life.

Prime Minister Theresa May asked Ms Leadsom, who has a personal interest in perinatal mental health, to chair the group. Ms Leadsom, who suffered postnatal depression after the birth of her eldest son, chaired parenting psychotherapy charity OXPIP, and founded Parent Infant Partnership UK and the Northamptonshire Parent Infant Partnership – both of which provide psychotherapeutic support for families struggling to bond with their babies.

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