Stepping Stones Study

💡NEW PUBLICATION ALERT💡Click here to read about our Scoping review mapping clinical guidelines and policy documents addressing needs of women who are dependent on drugs during the perinatal period …pregnancychildbirth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

It is interactive, entertaining and challenging. There will be two performances at 1.30 and 3.30 p.m. at the London, KCL Guy’s campus 1.30 and 3.30 p.m : mumpoints.eventbrite.co.uk University of Sheffield on 4th December eventbrite.co.uk/e/mum-points-t…

There are a few tickets left for performances of Mum Points, a play developed in collaboration with Outside Edge Theatre company, based on findings from the Stepping Stones Study (see info below for more details)

The play is aimed at midwifery, health visitor and social work students. Other students, health and social care practitioners, substance use treatment practitioners, service users are all welcome!

Interested in best practices + care for pregnant women who are dependent on drugs, and their infants? Our conference this September will share findings from @StepStonesstudy and provide the opportunity to explore and set a new practice and policy agenda: bit.ly/4cKO2DA

Productive day at our latest Stepping Stones team meeting 🤝📆 #TeamWork #Collaboration #WorkLife #ProjectSteppingStones

Thank you so much to everybody that attended our dissemination events today and yesterday. Some fascinating discussion had! Special thanks to @liznolan243 and @bulawayojulie for expertly chairing our sessions.

Thank you so much for everybody who attended our early findings webinar today! We have one more session tomorrow for anyone who is interested in attending.

Our first dissemination event for the Stepping Stones study is tomorrow!! Please sign up now using the below eventbrite link.

The @StepStonesstudy evaluates models of care for pregnant women who use/are in treatment for drugs and their infants. Find out more at in-person events for practitioners in #Glasgow and Ayrshire: brnw.ch/21wHH2k @KingsIoPPn @HuddersfieldUni @NIHRresearch

One more week! Sign up now:

Two more weeks until our first webinar! Please sign up now to hear all about our findings.

One month until our first webinar sharing important findings from the Stepping Stones study! Please sign up using the eventbrite link if you are interested in attending

@KingsIoPPN @StirUni @HuddersfieldUni @NHSHomerton @NIHRresearch @PollyRadcliffe @HelenCheyne @intrepidstudent @Emlousmith404 @shirleylewis21

Are you interested in best practices and care pathways for pregnant women who are dependent on drugs, and their infants? To find out more and register: …earlyfindingswebinar.eventbrite.co.uk

9- IN CONCLUSION: There is an urgent need to identify how services can work across disciplinary boundaries to consistently provide evidence-based support to this vulnerable group of mothers.

🚨 Scoping Review of clinical guidelines and policy documents addressing the needs of women who use drugs in the perinatal period 🚨 A THREAD OF FINDINGS:

8- There was a lack of guidance for supporting and care for women who have had their babies have been removed from their care as a result of substance use.

7- Many of the safeguarding documents from England in particular drew on the Hidden Harm Report (2003) , although it was also clear from included documents that drug use did not necessarily mean that a mother could not provide good enough parenting.

6- Protocols and frequency for drug testing women in pregnancy varied as did the recommendations for the lengths of time neonates should be observed for neonatal abstinence syndrome.

5- There was some inconsistency within local guidance on recommended opioid substitution medications for pregnant women.

4- Despite an expectation that policy and guidance will be evidence based, only one third of included documents cited systematic review or meta-analysis evidence.