Research has labelled the scheme as “unjustified”, but those involved say it could have a long-term impact on children’s lives
Izzy Harrison never envisaged getting pregnant at the age of 15. So it was a welcome relief when she was offered the support of the Family Nurse Partnership (FNP). “There was a lot of pressure on me and I didn’t know what to do,” she says. “The fact that I was going to have somebody for two years was really nice – I knew if I needed anything that there was somebody there to help me.”
Harrison, now 17, is the proud mother of 17-month-old Jasmyn. She has gone back to college to study law and health and social care, and wants to train as a teacher. “The FNP helped me to continue my life and I realised that not everything had to stop because I had a baby,” she says.
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