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News

Sources of help for fathers during the Covid-19 crisis
Families in the UK, and around the world, are experiencing unprecedented challenges, ranging from enforced proximity to enforced separation, not to mention coping with financial stress and the difficulties of keeping small children entertained. 

UK fathers get ‘all clear’ to support mums in labour and childbirth: advice updated
Updated 15.12.2021: Please note: This article was written in April 2020, and the situation has since changed, such that visiting restrictions are in place in many NHS maternity (and other services). 

Dads Shut Out: fathers and maternity services during the pandemic
NHS maternity services’ engagement with fathers has always been piecemeal. In Who’s the Bloke in the Room, our 2018 Nuffield Foundation-funded review of evidence about fathers in the antenatal period, we explored the UK evidence about expectant fathers’ impact, including around labour/birth. 

New right to attend antenatal appointments is welcome, but it should be paid
Jeremy Davies writes: The Fatherhood Institute welcomes expectant dads’ new right to take time off for antenatal appointments, which starts today. 

Training

Free online groups for new and expectant dads during Covid-19
Dads have a critical impact on babies, but during the Covid-19 pandemic, fathers face significant extra challenges. Many dads are being excluded from NHS appointments, scans or early labour, and access to health visitors or other family support is limited.  That’s why we’re teaming up with Best Beginnings to run small online groups for dads, under a Barnardo’s programme funded by the Department for Education.