Nurturing Little Hearts and Minds 2024 to 2029
Our earliest years are critical for shaping the adults we become. The time from conception until a baby’s second birthday is a time of rapid brain development. Our experiences in this time lay the foundations for a wide range of future health and mental health outcomes. It is important that every parent and carer has access to perinatal mental health support when they need it, and every parent-infant relationship is supported to be as strong as possible.
Our co-produced Perinatal Mental Health and Parent-Infant Relationships Strategy, “Nurturing Little Hearts and Minds 2024 to 2029”, sets out our vision to nurture little hearts and minds across Kent over the next five years. We are leading the strategy implementation with our partners in the Local Maternity and Neonatal System (LMNS), Kent Community Health Foundation Trust (KCHFT) and wider networks.