Young parents welcome family nurse support

An analysis by a team at Birkbeck College, University of London, of the first year of the programme, launched by the government in ten pilot areas in March 2007 and rolled out to a further 20 areas in March 2008, found it was effectively targeting younger parents. Eighty-eight per cent of families where parents were aged under 20 and 81 per cent of families with parents from the ages of 20 to 23 were enrolled on the programme. On average, the parents rated the contribution of the FNP to their family...