Healthy mums and babies

Families' income, wellbeing, housing and relationships are all important influences on a baby’s health, both before and after birth. We work together with partner organisations to improve living conditions for families and the health of our children:

• We are running Safer Sleep for Baby to ensure that Lancashire’s babies sleep safely. This will reduce the risk of sudden infant death.
• Our NHS partners offer:
  • screening for all newborns for conditions including cystic fibrosis
  • checks on babies' physical development
  • free, lifesaving vaccinations for all babies and young children

Healthy Start

If you’re more than 10 weeks pregnant or have a child under 4, you may be entitled to get help to buy healthy food and milk.

Find out more and apply on the Healthy Start NHS website.

If you have any questions or have any difficulties with applying, please pop into one of our libraries, where our staff will be able to give you guidance.