Birth Companions

The Perinatal Navigator Pilot will offer practical, emotional and informational support and advocacy to women who are experiencing or at risk of removal of their baby at or after birth. This will be delivered through one-to-one support by a specialist practitioner. The service will provide continuity of care for women during pregnancy, birth and up to a year after birth, as early and quickly as possible following referral. Support for women will continue where women/families are placed in the Mother and Baby Unit, parenting assessment units or foster arrangements, and post separation. The service will be available to women living in City and Hackney or registered with a City and Hackney GP.