Parents-to-be benefit from new maternity smartphone App Parents-to-be who are accessing maternity services at PAHT can download a smartphone App with guidance to support them every step of the way. We are working in partnership with The Lister Hospital and Watford General Hospital – which are part of the wider Hertfordshire and West Essex Local Maternity and Neonatal System – to offer localised information for parentsto -be via the new Mum & Baby App.
a single point of access for information on booking in their local area to receive higher levels of continuity of care.
for women, their partners and families, together with other local hospitals.
We would encourage all The App offers an easy-toparents-to-be who are accessing The Mum & Baby: Herts and navigate screen, with multiple our services to download the West Essex Local Maternity and links and videos on a range App and access the wealth Neonatal System App launched of useful topics. This includes of information available. This on 2 November and is designed emotional and physical wellbeing, App enables us to enhance our to be a personal guide for mental health concerns, advice for support of women, their partners pregnancy, birth and beyond. partners, and preparing for labour. and families during pregnancy and From the start of pregnancy Additionally, parents-to-be can new parenthood. to early parenthood, this App find out about a stay in hospital, supports women and their post-delivery care, baby care The app was originally developed families with: basics, mum and baby checks, by Chelsea and Westminster recovering from different types of Hospital and their charity CW+ Choice on where they delivery and medical conditions, with Imagineear, and has evolved would like to give birth and and advice for when back at with new content to deliver on the how they would like their home. Personal preferences ambitions of the NHS Better Births birth to go for each stage of the maternity to provide women with a single Access to essential, journey can be documented and source of trusted NHS information clinically-validated stored within the App for sharing for all their maternity needs. information every step of with care providers, generating the way from being conversations that support To download the App pregnant, to giving birth collaborative and personalised The App is available in both and looking after a care plans. iOS and Android formats. Go to new baby your App store (Apple Store or Personalised plans for Jacqui Featherstone, associate GooglePlay) to download the App. their care during director of midwifery, said: pregnancy, birth and beyond We are delighted to be able to provide this fantastic resource The App provides users with 14 InTouch November v1. indd.indd 14
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