Policy paper

Parents' views on the maternity journey and early parenthood

The following documents are a synthesis of three pieces of qualitative research undertaken by the Department of Health about the experience of expectant and new parents.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Published: 7 April 2011

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Documents

Download Parents' views on the maternity journey and early parenthood

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Details

The three projects explored how parents feel about the pregnancy and parenthood journeys and their expectations of the health service.

The research summary is available either as a PFD or in Powerpoint for presentation purposes and gives valuable insights from parents on pregnancy and early parenthood services - and how these might be improved.

Published 7 April 2011