The Royal College of midwives will produce the professional guidance for their members after the government called for pre-natal and antenatal services to become more inclusive of fathers.
The green paper points to research that shows that when fathers are highly involved with their babies they are more likely to remain involved as their children grow up.
"Individual midwives and health visitors are increasingly finding ways to engage with dads as well as mums, and government policy now strongly encourages them to do so," said Rob Williams, Fatherhood Institute chief executive. "But we now need to spread this good practice far more widely, and closely scrutinise services to see if they are doing this crucial job of supporting both parents."
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