This website will not be maintained after 1st April 2025:
- To access local support for you and your family, including education, finance, volunteering and community support, visit the Virtual Family Hub | Worcestershire County Council. For information, advice and services to support families in pregnancy and through the early years, visit the Best Start Worcestershire website.
- For information on NHS services, including Public Health nursing, health visiting, school health nursing, breastfeeding and Smoke-Free Homes, visit the Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust website: Worcestershire Public Health Nursing Service | Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust.
- Information about your local Family Hubs.
Maternal Early Childhood Sustained Home-visiting (MECSH)
The Maternal Early Childhood Sustained Home-visiting, known as MECSH, is a newly launched programme for families within Worcestershire centring around delivering bespoke support for families during pregnancy and the transition to parenthood.
MESCH will provide families with an assigned Health Visitor who will work with families during the remainder of the pregnancy, visiting them regularly at home to provide ongoing support around child development and practical issues such as feeding and settling until the child turns two years old.
The program aims to improve outcomes for young children and families through:
- Supporting the transition to parenting within pregnancy
- Supporting family and child health and wellbeing
- Supporting parents to be future oriented and aspirational
- Supporting family and social relationships
- Child development parent education