Early Endowment: Investing better in pregnancy and infancy, published by the Scottish Council Foundation last week, and written by the organisation's research director James McCormick, is drawn from an 18-month study involving extensive focus group discussions with expectant and new mothers in Coatbridge and Greenock.
The groups were asked to identify an ideal package of care and support. Women said that while pregnant, they needed childcare for their other children to help them access health services. They felt they could not get the most out of appointments with GPs because of the lack of childcare at clinics. They also wanted free creche facilities at work and free nursery provision from age two.
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