More than 40 mental health, family and children’s charities and professional bodies are calling on the government to urgently consider how these infants can be safeguarded during the Covid-19 outbreak.
The group, which includes Family Action, NCT and the Parent-Infant Foundation, issued its plea in response to decisions taken by some local areas to redeploy at least 50 per cent of staff that would normally support parents and babies.
Such a move has seen skilled professionals from perinatal mental health and parent-infant teams as well as health visitors move into other health services as part of a nationwide response to tackling the virus, the group said.
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