The guidance is being developed due to the intense emotional challenges experienced “by all involved in cases where a baby is removed from their mother at birth – both family and practitioners”, according to Nuffield Family Justice Observatory (FJO), which is developing the guidance.
Too often the removal of a newborn baby is not properly planned and there is currently a lack of guidance on how to make the process easier for families and professionals, the researchers add.
Where there is advice it is too often weighted towards midwives and other health professionals rather than social workers.
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