Martha Sercombe
@marthaserc.bsky.social
Specialist Health Visitor, Perinatal Mental Health 🏴 (Wales). Passionate about Perinatal & Infant Mental Health
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Martha Sercombe
@marthaserc.bsky.social
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‘Early relationships shape babies' social and emotional development and influence many key outcomes’
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BREAKING: Wales to become FIRST Marmot nation 🙌
It’s great to be working with @michaelmarmot.bsky.social to adopt his eight principles to tackle health inequalities.
By adopting these principles, we’ll be able to support better health and wellbeing for us all.
www.gov.wales/wales-become...
It’s great to be working with @michaelmarmot.bsky.social to adopt his eight principles to tackle health inequalities.
By adopting these principles, we’ll be able to support better health and wellbeing for us all.
www.gov.wales/wales-become...
June 16, 2025 at 8:55 AM
BREAKING: Wales to become FIRST Marmot nation 🙌
It’s great to be working with @michaelmarmot.bsky.social to adopt his eight principles to tackle health inequalities.
By adopting these principles, we’ll be able to support better health and wellbeing for us all.
www.gov.wales/wales-become...
It’s great to be working with @michaelmarmot.bsky.social to adopt his eight principles to tackle health inequalities.
By adopting these principles, we’ll be able to support better health and wellbeing for us all.
www.gov.wales/wales-become...
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Today we've launched new research which shows a growing number of parent-infant relationship teams across the UK. But in many areas, specialist support is still not available.
Find out more & help us ask #Whoisholdingthebaby?’ this #IMHAW2025 👉bit.ly/43ys30y
Find out more & help us ask #Whoisholdingthebaby?’ this #IMHAW2025 👉bit.ly/43ys30y
June 9, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Today we've launched new research which shows a growing number of parent-infant relationship teams across the UK. But in many areas, specialist support is still not available.
Find out more & help us ask #Whoisholdingthebaby?’ this #IMHAW2025 👉bit.ly/43ys30y
Find out more & help us ask #Whoisholdingthebaby?’ this #IMHAW2025 👉bit.ly/43ys30y
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It’s Infant Mental Health Awareness Week. With 1 in 10 babies living in fear, confusion
and distress, it has never been more important to ask the question ‘Who is holding the
baby?’
Get involved and find out more bit.ly/4mC14bY
#IMHAW2025
#Whoisholdingthebaby
and distress, it has never been more important to ask the question ‘Who is holding the
baby?’
Get involved and find out more bit.ly/4mC14bY
#IMHAW2025
#Whoisholdingthebaby
June 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
It’s Infant Mental Health Awareness Week. With 1 in 10 babies living in fear, confusion
and distress, it has never been more important to ask the question ‘Who is holding the
baby?’
Get involved and find out more bit.ly/4mC14bY
#IMHAW2025
#Whoisholdingthebaby
and distress, it has never been more important to ask the question ‘Who is holding the
baby?’
Get involved and find out more bit.ly/4mC14bY
#IMHAW2025
#Whoisholdingthebaby
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Good luck Karen! We’ll be rooting* for you
Please do support Karen if you can. All money raised is being doubled by a matched funder.
(* niche pun for those who know babies 😎)
Please do support Karen if you can. All money raised is being doubled by a matched funder.
(* niche pun for those who know babies 😎)
It's nearly time to get my hiking boots on for a massive mountain walk I'm doing to raise money for Oxford Parent-Infant Project .
@oxpip.bsky.social does amazing work & every £ raised will be doubled by the Big Give, so please do pledge if you can.
Pledge form here: forms.office.com/e/bMjXZcdW3k
@oxpip.bsky.social does amazing work & every £ raised will be doubled by the Big Give, so please do pledge if you can.
Pledge form here: forms.office.com/e/bMjXZcdW3k
May 30, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Good luck Karen! We’ll be rooting* for you
Please do support Karen if you can. All money raised is being doubled by a matched funder.
(* niche pun for those who know babies 😎)
Please do support Karen if you can. All money raised is being doubled by a matched funder.
(* niche pun for those who know babies 😎)
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New report from @CentreforMH and @nhsconfed’s Mental Health Network highlights six key areas of mental health where investment could boost mental health and represent good value for money: www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/publications...
#InvestInMentalHealth #HealthVisiting
#InvestInMentalHealth #HealthVisiting
May 7, 2025 at 1:20 PM
New report from @CentreforMH and @nhsconfed’s Mental Health Network highlights six key areas of mental health where investment could boost mental health and represent good value for money: www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/publications...
#InvestInMentalHealth #HealthVisiting
#InvestInMentalHealth #HealthVisiting
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Introducing the Perinatal Mental Health Symptom Checker, a tool developed with women with lived experience and clinical experts to help parents - and those around them - recognise the signs of perinatal mental illnesses. 💜
Please download and share: maternalmentalhealthalliance.org/parents #MMHAW25
Please download and share: maternalmentalhealthalliance.org/parents #MMHAW25
May 5, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Introducing the Perinatal Mental Health Symptom Checker, a tool developed with women with lived experience and clinical experts to help parents - and those around them - recognise the signs of perinatal mental illnesses. 💜
Please download and share: maternalmentalhealthalliance.org/parents #MMHAW25
Please download and share: maternalmentalhealthalliance.org/parents #MMHAW25
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We're delighted to announce we've been awarded more than £1 million from The National Lottery Community Fund to create a new National Parent-Infant Relationship (PAIR) Framework!
Working with delivery partners Ideas Alliance & Anna Freud, we can't wait to get started!
Details👉 bit.ly/4jF3G75
Working with delivery partners Ideas Alliance & Anna Freud, we can't wait to get started!
Details👉 bit.ly/4jF3G75
May 2, 2025 at 9:20 AM
We're delighted to announce we've been awarded more than £1 million from The National Lottery Community Fund to create a new National Parent-Infant Relationship (PAIR) Framework!
Working with delivery partners Ideas Alliance & Anna Freud, we can't wait to get started!
Details👉 bit.ly/4jF3G75
Working with delivery partners Ideas Alliance & Anna Freud, we can't wait to get started!
Details👉 bit.ly/4jF3G75
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iHV is delighted to celebrate the launch of the Wales Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy and Delivery Plan. Published yesterday, the 10-year plan outlines ambitions to ensure people in #Wales live in communities that promote and support #MentalHealth and #wellbeing
ihv.org.uk/news-and-vie...
ihv.org.uk/news-and-vie...
May 1, 2025 at 8:21 AM
iHV is delighted to celebrate the launch of the Wales Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy and Delivery Plan. Published yesterday, the 10-year plan outlines ambitions to ensure people in #Wales live in communities that promote and support #MentalHealth and #wellbeing
ihv.org.uk/news-and-vie...
ihv.org.uk/news-and-vie...
Well here it is, great to see a focus on improving support of the F1000 days in a baby’s life including support for parent-infant relationships 🙌
www.gov.wales/mental-healt...
www.gov.wales/mental-healt...
Mental health and wellbeing strategy: strategy and delivery plan | GOV.WALES
What we are doing to improve mental health and wellbeing in Wales.
www.gov.wales
April 30, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Well here it is, great to see a focus on improving support of the F1000 days in a baby’s life including support for parent-infant relationships 🙌
www.gov.wales/mental-healt...
www.gov.wales/mental-healt...
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#iHVMembers - join us at our next iHV Research Networking event on 2 April, 9:30-11:30am. Louisa Clifford-Taylor, iHV Health Visitor Research Associate, will be sharing her PhD research - find out more and book your place here:
iHV Research Networking Event - IHV
Join us at our next iHV Research Networking event on 2 April. Louisa Clifford-Taylor, iHV Health Visitor Research Associate, will be sharing her PhD research ‘Inhabiting the Liminal Space: Exploring…
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March 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
#iHVMembers - join us at our next iHV Research Networking event on 2 April, 9:30-11:30am. Louisa Clifford-Taylor, iHV Health Visitor Research Associate, will be sharing her PhD research - find out more and book your place here:
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It is great to see our Feasibility and Acceptability study of the Alarm Distress Baby Scale (ADBB) published in BMJ Paediatrics Open
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#HealthVisiting
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#HealthVisiting
March 24, 2025 at 6:40 PM
It is great to see our Feasibility and Acceptability study of the Alarm Distress Baby Scale (ADBB) published in BMJ Paediatrics Open
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#HealthVisiting
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#HealthVisiting
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The Health and Social Care Committee has launched a new inquiry on the first 1000 days of life, the period from a child’s conception to age 2 – widely recognised as a critical period for development which fundamentally shapes long-term health, well-being, & life outcomes.
ihv.org.uk/news-and-vie...
ihv.org.uk/news-and-vie...
March 21, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The Health and Social Care Committee has launched a new inquiry on the first 1000 days of life, the period from a child’s conception to age 2 – widely recognised as a critical period for development which fundamentally shapes long-term health, well-being, & life outcomes.
ihv.org.uk/news-and-vie...
ihv.org.uk/news-and-vie...
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It can be tricky to assess parent-infant relationships without resorting to checklists, or risking them feeling bad about themselves or their baby
We're working on developing a strengths-based, infant voice centred self assessment - here's progress so far, comments very welcome!
We're working on developing a strengths-based, infant voice centred self assessment - here's progress so far, comments very welcome!
March 20, 2025 at 7:11 AM
It can be tricky to assess parent-infant relationships without resorting to checklists, or risking them feeling bad about themselves or their baby
We're working on developing a strengths-based, infant voice centred self assessment - here's progress so far, comments very welcome!
We're working on developing a strengths-based, infant voice centred self assessment - here's progress so far, comments very welcome!
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We're hiring! Are you a passionate communicator, have experience of public sector procurement & an understanding of community services & development work? Apply by 30 March for this exciting, newly created role as Head of Service for a new Hope and Healing project.
❤️ Read more 👉 buff.ly/SKsZrTB
❤️ Read more 👉 buff.ly/SKsZrTB
March 18, 2025 at 5:38 PM
We're hiring! Are you a passionate communicator, have experience of public sector procurement & an understanding of community services & development work? Apply by 30 March for this exciting, newly created role as Head of Service for a new Hope and Healing project.
❤️ Read more 👉 buff.ly/SKsZrTB
❤️ Read more 👉 buff.ly/SKsZrTB
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We desperately need to develop infant & early childhood mental health curricula in all health and social care professional trainings. This new article from the University of Washington provides an example. But with NHSE going, who is going to do it now?
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40044273/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40044273/
Training and Curriculum Development in Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health - PubMed
Infant and early childhood mental health (IECMH) is an important field within psychiatry and related disciplines. Historically, IECMH has been absent from mental health training and curricula. However...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
March 17, 2025 at 7:43 PM
We desperately need to develop infant & early childhood mental health curricula in all health and social care professional trainings. This new article from the University of Washington provides an example. But with NHSE going, who is going to do it now?
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40044273/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40044273/
So excited to see this launched, amazing work by a great team 🙌
ctmuhb.nhs.wales/news/latest-...
ctmuhb.nhs.wales/news/latest-...
CTM Baby and Toddler Voice Statements Launched
ctmuhb.nhs.wales
March 17, 2025 at 9:43 AM
So excited to see this launched, amazing work by a great team 🙌
ctmuhb.nhs.wales/news/latest-...
ctmuhb.nhs.wales/news/latest-...
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Recommendations please.
I’m looking for something to read about why teenage rebellions went out of fashion. What societal changes mean teens are getting sad more than mad? Somebody must have written about this.
@profatarrant.bsky.social
I’m looking for something to read about why teenage rebellions went out of fashion. What societal changes mean teens are getting sad more than mad? Somebody must have written about this.
@profatarrant.bsky.social
March 9, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Recommendations please.
I’m looking for something to read about why teenage rebellions went out of fashion. What societal changes mean teens are getting sad more than mad? Somebody must have written about this.
@profatarrant.bsky.social
I’m looking for something to read about why teenage rebellions went out of fashion. What societal changes mean teens are getting sad more than mad? Somebody must have written about this.
@profatarrant.bsky.social
Great to be a part of this alongside some incredible colleagues in 🏴 & across the UK www.brazelton.co.uk/champions/
March 8, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Great to be a part of this alongside some incredible colleagues in 🏴 & across the UK www.brazelton.co.uk/champions/
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We are delighted to contribute to Ferdinando & Luigi Innocenti Foundation's ambitious vision through our report Sparking Joy: Creating thriving environments for young people to thrive, written by Dr Jen Daffin fli.foundation/news/sparkin...
Sparking Joy - Creating environments for young people to thrive | F&LI Foundation
A review of the evidence-base and need to create the
conditions for young people to spark joy and thrive.
fli.foundation
March 5, 2025 at 11:29 AM
We are delighted to contribute to Ferdinando & Luigi Innocenti Foundation's ambitious vision through our report Sparking Joy: Creating thriving environments for young people to thrive, written by Dr Jen Daffin fli.foundation/news/sparkin...
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A reminder that every baby is harmed when there is domestic abuse, either directly (physically/ emotionally by the perpetrator) or indirectly by the family stress, dynamics and other impacts such as poorer parental mental health.
www.channel4.com/news/exclusi...
www.channel4.com/news/exclusi...
Exclusive: Nearly 50,000 babies referred to social services every year due to domestic abuse
Freedom of Information requests showed that an estimated 48,067 babies, aged 0-2, were subject to referrals to children’s services in England due to specific fears over domestic abuse.
www.channel4.com
March 3, 2025 at 5:37 PM
A reminder that every baby is harmed when there is domestic abuse, either directly (physically/ emotionally by the perpetrator) or indirectly by the family stress, dynamics and other impacts such as poorer parental mental health.
www.channel4.com/news/exclusi...
www.channel4.com/news/exclusi...
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As we watch political-systems earthquakes, it is useful to be reminded that the capacities for democracy are instilled in childhood. The sense of emotional 'securefulness' embedded in young childrn's stress systems shapes everything that follows, including voting. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
In the global clash between democracy and oligarchy, the US is switching sides | Robert Reich
As Trump empowers Russia and the far right, he is laying the foundation for undermining democracies around the world
www.theguardian.com
February 21, 2025 at 12:12 PM
As we watch political-systems earthquakes, it is useful to be reminded that the capacities for democracy are instilled in childhood. The sense of emotional 'securefulness' embedded in young childrn's stress systems shapes everything that follows, including voting. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This new framework from The Royal Foundation, Centre for Early Childhood is excellent. Social & Emotional skills that develop in early childhood play such an important part in our health across the lifespan. 👀 👇
centreforearlychildhood.org/our-work/res...
centreforearlychildhood.org/our-work/res...
The Shaping Us Framework - CFEC
centreforearlychildhood.org
February 2, 2025 at 8:24 AM
This new framework from The Royal Foundation, Centre for Early Childhood is excellent. Social & Emotional skills that develop in early childhood play such an important part in our health across the lifespan. 👀 👇
centreforearlychildhood.org/our-work/res...
centreforearlychildhood.org/our-work/res...
We at CTMUHB are very excited to be part of this next phase of the ADBB study. 🙌
Thanks to continued support of The Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood, iHV is delighted to announce the start of Phase Two of the ADBB study which seeks to evaluate the impact of the tool in more sites across the UK
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#HealthVisiting
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#HealthVisiting
January 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
We at CTMUHB are very excited to be part of this next phase of the ADBB study. 🙌