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Tower Hamlets Perinatal Mental Health and Parent-Infant Relationships Strategy 2025-2028 

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How we will know we are making a difference

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How we will know we are making a difference

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Parent, Carers and Babies feel well supported to access services and know what services exist

•Improved uptake of programmes that address perinatal mental health and parent-infant relationship support needs.

•Improved parent and carer feedback on navigation, clarity, and continuity of support they receive.

•Improved feedback from professionals on the quality of cross-team working

•More listening and involvement with parents and carers to ensure support, services, and planning reflect their lived realities and day-to-day experiences.

•Greater recognition of the roles of grandparents and extended family members, with efforts to involve and equip them as contributors to mental health-promoting environments and relationships.

What would a baby living in Tower Hamlets say if we developed a shared approach to outcomes?

“My parents didn’t know where to get the help they needed when they felt worried about how to look after me. They were reassured because they found the right support, this meant that I felt safe too.”  - Baby

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•More services that are readily available to diverse groups of families.

•Increased use of services by underrepresented groups.

•Feedback from families, particularly those who are underrepresented in current support offers.

•Ensure that trauma related to baby loss, birth and the impact this has on perinatal mental health and parent-infant relationships are more understood in the community, and communities knowing about the services they can access for support.

What would a baby living in Tower Hamlets say if we developed a shared approach to outcomes?

“The support my parents accessed felt safe. They weren’t judged for who they were. It really helped them to care for me, and make me feel safe and cared for too.”  Baby

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Parents, carers and babies feel connected to their local community and actively participate in it

•More families report feeling less isolated and more connected to local support.

•Increase in community and self-referrals into specialist services.

•Higher attendance and satisfaction at peer-led groups and local hubs.

•Stronger feedback from community partners and professionals about opportunities to work together.

What would a baby living in Tower Hamlets say if we empowered the local community more?

“My parents don’t have many friends and families to help us. This meant that we used to stay at home alone. Now my parents love going to see other families with babies in the family hub, and I love it there too!”  - Baby

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Offer timely and well supported transitions of families 

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Offer timely and well supported transitions of families 

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improving collaboration at key points of transition with clearer referral thresholds and care planning that feels timely and joined up

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Including recognition of the impact of experiences of the perinatal period (pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding etc) and collaboration with residents.

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Stigma against perinatal mental health and parent-infant relationship challenges through community conversations, training, and peer-led support for parents and carers including dads and co-parents

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Improve navigation through better information and digital tools 

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Improve navigation through better information and digital tools 

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information must be up-to-date, consistent across services, and provided in formats that reflect the diversity of languages and literacy levels in the community.

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Create relational, not procedural services

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Create relational, not procedural services

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Acknowledging the pressures in the system, increasing compassionate communication and continuity of care through commissioning, leadership and management practices

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Improve cultural responsiveness of services

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Improve cultural responsiveness of services

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Going beyond translation by building trust and increasing understanding of cultures and biases

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Build our social support offer and reduce isolation 

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Build our social support offer and reduce isolation 

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Through activities like peer support groups, parent volunteers, and community champions

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Create visible and welcoming community support 

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Create visible and welcoming community support 

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Making spaces easier to find and access, including through partnerships with VCSE organisations that work with diverse communities

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Strengthen pathways between community and specialist services 

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Strengthen pathways between community and specialist services 

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foster access to knowledge and training for VCSEs, better relationships and communication with universal and specialist services and smoother transitions

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How we will know we are making a difference

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Parents, carers, and babies feel empowered to shape both their own care and wider system improvements through the sharing of their experiences and data.

•Outcome data is consistently collected across settings.

•Practitioners feel more confident in using and interpreting outcomes to shape the support they provide.

•Families report that outcome measures feel relevant and respectful.

•Insights from data collected is actively used to inform service improvements and strategic planning.

What would a baby living in Tower Hamlets say if we developed a shared approach to outcomes?

“My parents were so happy with how they were looked after. The professional seemed to really care about asking the right questions and showed them how they had helped me to grow and develop.”  Baby

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Create shared aims and outcome measures across services 

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Create shared aims and outcome measures across services 

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Support practitioners to on how to use outcome measures in a consistent and person-centred way

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Support practitioners to on how to use outcome measures in a consistent and person-centred way

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Establish a systematic approach to data and insight across the system 

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Establish a systematic approach to data and insight across the system 

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How we will know we are making a difference

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How we will know we are making a difference

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Parents, carers and babies feel they are well supported in understanding and improving their parent-infant relationship by knowledgeable experts

•More babies and families with complex parent-infant relationship needs are identified and supported.

•Practitioners able to access local expertise around nurturing parent-infant relationships.

•More professionals reporting confidence in supporting parent-infant relationships.

•Stronger integration between specialist and community services.

What would a baby living in Tower Hamlets say if we developed a shared approach to outcomes?

“I started to feel really scared when my parents were looking after me. I was glad that they could get help to know how to care for me and help me to feel safe.” - Baby

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Establish a common approach to asking about PIR with parents and carers, using national guidance, and increase the offer for PIR support locally

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Provide more consultation on PIR with parents 

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Provide more consultation on PIR with parents 

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Increasing the proportion of parents who are asked about how it’s going, and referred or signposted to PIR support when needed

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continue to offer and build on workforce development initiatives, explore skill mix options and connect practitioners to supervision and senior clinical expertise