The Government has announced plans to deliver free classes for parents in three areas of the country. NCT is among the organisations which will be delivering the classes from this summer. The trials will take place in Camden in London, Middlesbrough and High Peak in Derbyshire. Over the next two years, all mothers, fathers and carers in the trial areas with children aged five and under will be entitled to a voucher covering the cost of a programme of classes. Meanwhile, the NHS has launched a new information service, enabling parents and parents-to-be to sign up to receive regular free emails, videos and text messages offering advice and information based on the stage of their pregnancy and the first few weeks of their child’s life.

The Government has announced plans to deliver free classes for parents in three areas of the country from this spring. NCT is among the organisations which will be delivering the classes from this spring. The trials will take place in Camden in London, Middlesbrough and High Peak in Derbyshire. Over the next two years, all mothers and fathers in the trial areas with children aged five and under will be entitled to a voucher covering the cost of a programme of classes for parents.

Today the Cochrane review of reviews: Pain management for women in labour: an overview of systematic reviews was published. Mary Newburn is a co-author of the review and helped to shape the background literature and reporting. She was not directly involved in appraising the studies, extracting the data or analysis the evidence