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More support is to be provided to disadvantaged young mothers in England, ministers have announced.
The Family Nurse partnership scheme sees nurses or midwives regularly visit first-time mothers under the age of 20 until their baby is two years old.
The support is already being provided to 11,000 families, but will now be extended by 5,000 by 2015.
But nurse leaders said it needed to be accompanied by investment in other areas of nursing.
Under the partnerships, which are also used in Scotland, nurses help prospective mothers and fathers prepare for labour, offer advice on looking after babies and toddlers and help parents plan for the future.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-22014438
The Family Nurse partnership scheme sees nurses or midwives regularly visit first-time mothers under the age of 20 until their baby is two years old.
The support is already being provided to 11,000 families, but will now be extended by 5,000 by 2015.
But nurse leaders said it needed to be accompanied by investment in other areas of nursing.
Under the partnerships, which are also used in Scotland, nurses help prospective mothers and fathers prepare for labour, offer advice on looking after babies and toddlers and help parents plan for the future.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-22014438