Tackling inequalities and disadvantage during pregnancy and birth: Children's social care contact

Kirsty Kitchen, Head of Policy and Communications at Birth Companions, reflects on the need for improved support for pregnant women and mothers of infants who are at risk of separation, or separated from their babies, due to safeguarding concerns. She focuses on the critical first 1,001 days and highlights the role of social care contact in shaping outcomes for these vulnerable women and their children.

Part of the Tackling Inequalities video series from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.