1/N - A key thing 2 note abt lack of #Covid19UK clarity on #EarlyYears groups/classes provisions is that *cancelling everything is damaging everyone*. Blanket cancellations of things deemed non-essential r damaging new #mums, who can no longer be spotted if struggling, further..
2/n -The logic of "everything is 100% cancelled 2 protect everyone" is, in itself, generating new vulnerabilities, new gaps, exacerbating isolation & crisis 4 new #parents desperate to see human faces. #:Lockdown is eased, but these cancellations r still continuing, meaning...
3/n ...that lasting, indelible impacts r being left on all new parents, masking struggles damagingly. Blanket cancellations, blanket decisions that 100% remote/digital is OK for 100% people is a sledgehammer approach which is damaging numerous people. Instead - we need....
4/n: Instead, we need 2 re-think "non-essential" services as v. essential 4 some. A baby weigh-in drop in may be non-essential 4 healthy babies, but essential for most of the #mums 2 be seen/taken 2 one side. Local lockdowns will occur, but cancelling all damages most, and...
5/n if #covid19 is 2 last, we need concrete policies/leadership abt "non-essential" #maternity services. Non-essential 4 whom?Who's mapping the damage to #perinatalmentalhealth?I've heard stories of #mums being offered #digital counselling but have no privacy/room at home. So...
6/n let's not assume #digital support reaches all, that all have privacy at home 2 engage, but mostly, let's not assume *Cancelling everything* is itself benign/neutral. It is not. #perinatal services need tailored, specific guidance/leadership now, bcos 1 size isn't fitting all.
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