Unborn protocol

The unborn protocol sets out guidance and locally agreed procedures to practitioners working with pregnant women in early help, health agencies and Children’s Social Care settings with the purpose of ensuring every unborn baby in need of support and protection is safeguarded through multi-agency assessment, planning and decision making as early in the pregnancy as possible.

This protocol should be read in conjunction with:

• NICE guidance antenatal and postnatal mental health: clinical management and service guidance
• NICE guidance pregnancy and complex social factors overview
• NICE guidance pregnancy and complex social factors: a model for service provision for pregnant women with complex social factors
• Government inquiry into Hidden Harm