The Health Minister visits Western Trust and meets with Family Nurse Partnership (FNP) programme participants

The Health Minister Mike Nesbitt visited Western Health and Social Care Trust (WHSCT) and met with Family Nurse Partnership (FNP) programme participants. Watch a video from the visit https://vimeo.com/981981659/6f2b89217a?share=copy About the programme: The programme provides support from early pregnancy until the child is two years old, parents are offered intensive and structured home visiting, delivered by specially trained ‘family nurses’. In doing so the programme hopes to bring about huge benefits such as readiness for school, improved educational achievement and a reduction in anti

Family Nurse Partnership

  • FNP is a voluntary preventive programme for teenage mothers.
  • FNP offers intensive and structured home visiting, delivered by specially trained ‘family nurses’, from early pregnancy until the child is two.
  • The aim of FNP is to improve the health and wellbeing of our most disadvantaged families and children, and to prevent social exclusion.