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UK fathers get ‘all clear’ to support mums in labour and childbirth
Doctors’ and other clinicians’ professional bodies in the UK have issued clear guidance that fathers who do not have symptoms of Coronavirus should be able to accompany women during labour/birth. 

Dads using a maternity ward ‘like a hotel’: our response
We have been asked to comment on this story about claims that fathers are using an Edinburgh maternity ward ‘like a hotel’. 

Our campaign for father-inclusive support for working families
Over the next six weeks we will submit our responses to the UK Government’s Good Work Plan, which includes three separate consultations: one about neonatal leave and pay, one about transparency of employer work-life balance policies (these first two must be submitted by 11 October), and one about parenting leave and pay (to be submitted by 29 November). 

NHS fails new mums by ignoring dads, says major FI study
The NHS is failing to provide the ‘family-centred’ antenatal, maternity or health visitor services required by its own rules and desired by parents, according to a large survey of new fathers, published today. 

Training

PIP guide: Surrey post-natal father assessment
This is one of a series of guides to help agencies develop father-inclusive services, produced by the Department for Children, Schools and Families’ Parenting Implementation Project (PIP), which ran from early 2008 until June 2009. 

PiP guide: Developing and sustaining father-friendly services across Lincolnshire
This is one of a series of guides to help agencies develop father-inclusive services, produced by the Department for Children, Schools and Families’ Parenting Implementation Project (PIP), which ran from early 2008 until June 2009. 

PIP guide: Developing a father-inclusive workforce
This is one of a series of guides to help agencies develop father-inclusive services, produced by the Department for Children, Schools and Families’ Parenting Implementation Project (PIP), which ran from early 2008 until June 2009. 

Case study (Young Fathers): Mainstreaming engagement in a Teenage Pregnancy Service
Mainstreaming engagement with young fathers in its service for young parents is a serious concern for Hull’s Teenage Pregnancy Support Service.