Somerset Perinatal and Maternal Mental Health Service

02/02/2026

Somerset Activity & Sports Partnership - SASP host health walks across Somerset.

A health walk is a walk done on a regular basis for your wellbeing, ranging right from beginner through to gentle, moderate and advanced. It can help you to feel good, to have more energy, to sleep better and to manage your weight.

There are so many benefits from health walking - we're sure you will see a difference in yourself even after your first walk!

01/02/2026

Join Mind in Somerset – Mendip for their February Community Days at the Shepton Mallet Mind Office (57C High Street, BA4 5AQ)!

For more information or to join our mailing list, contact Rebecca Richmond:
📧 rebecca.richmond@mindinsomerset.org.uk
📞 01749 233115

They’d love to see you and share some warmth and connection this February!

31/01/2026

If you are considering a home birth, here is an opportunity to meet the team. Meetings take place monthly on the first Wednesday of the month.

30/01/2026

The composition and quality of the food we feed our children matters. Infants and young children require a nutrient-dense diet made from unprocessed and minimally processed foods that encourage a wide and varied diet.

Ultra-processed foods, which are often high in salt, fat and sugar and which usually contain additives to make them shelf-stable or to enhance their colour and flavour, rarely support a good diet for young children.

Food quality matters and First Steps Nutrition provide information on the composition of foods and drinks marketed to children in the UK, and on food additives.

for more information visit: www.firststepsnutrition.org/childrens-food

30/01/2026

Urgent reminder 🚨

Today, BBC Morning Live featured a segment about private scan clinics.

After interviewing 2 mums with negative experiences of private scan clinics, the presenter said pregnant women could check their baby’s heartbeat themselves with a stethoscope for reassurance. This advice is not only wrong, but dangerous because you could be falsely reassured.

No home scanning device, doppler or app can tell you if your baby is well. While it may sound tempting, it's not a safe way to listen to your baby’s heartbeat or check they're okay. This can only be done by a midwife or health professional.

Unless you're professionally trained, it's easy to confuse what you're hearing or seeing and be falsely reassured.

If you're worried about reduction in baby's movements, or have any other concerns, contact your maternity unit immediately.

Read more: https://bit.ly/3JuW58H

29/01/2026

The different types of infant formula, and other infant milks, marketed for babies and young children can seem confusing when you see lots of different ones on the supermarket shelf, but the information you need as a parent or carer is really quite simple. The majority of infants who are formula fed or mixed fed should be given a first infant milk (sometimes called first stage or stage 1 milk) throughout the first year.

The different types of infant formula, and other infant milks, marketed for babies and young children can seem confusing when you see lots of different ones on the supermarket shelf, but the information you need as a parent or carer is really quite simple. The majority of infants who are formula fed...

28/01/2026

Eating well is essential for children in their early years. Children from 1-4 years old need to eat well to establish good eating patterns, ensure they grow and develop appropriately, to protect their teeth and to ensure they arrive in school at a healthy body weight able to enjoy a variety of minimally processed foods.

Eating well is essential for children in their early years. You can find information about eating well in the first year in our Infant & New Mums section. Children from 1-4 years old need to eat well to establish good eating patterns, ensure they grow and develop appropriately, to protect their teet...

27/01/2026

IMPORTANT CLINIC CLOSURES 27TH JANUARY 2026

The following clinics will be closed today due to the weather
Williton and Minehead Vaccination Clinic
Infant Feeding Team Drop in sessions at Yeovil Hospital
Yeovil Vaccination Clinic

27/01/2026

Latest travel updates:

If the area where your home is located is affected by flooding and you are due an appointment with us, please can you contact the team and we will facilitate your appointment online instead to save us getting stuck and to still ensure you get the support needed.

Some of the team live in areas that are impassable meaning they cannot travel out around the county today, we will contact you directly if your appointment is affected due to this.

If we don't contact you or you don't contact us, please assume your appointment is still going ahead as planned.

Good morning, a number of roads affected by flooding this morning - please take care out, there will be minor and local roads affected too. We'll updated this list quickly as we can regarding roads affected by flooding. Please do not drive through flood water.

What we know so far:
🟠M5 - two lanes flooded southbound between Junction 25 (Taunton) and Junction 26 (Wellington).
🔴 A358 - Closed Donyatt
🔴 A303 -Closed - flooding from Southfields roundabout (Ilminster) to Chard turn off (Upottery).
🔴 A361 closed - (East Lyng to Burrowbridge)
• Cutts Road (East Lyng to Athelney)
• Langport Road (Muchelney to Langport)
• New Road (West Lyng to North Curry)
🔴 Stoke Road, Martock
🔴Henlade/Ruishton to Creech St Michael
🔴Also - local reports that the road is closed at Wrantage
👉Sampford Moor Road closed due to landslip

⚠️Added at 9.30am:
🔴B3153 at Clanville - closed due to flooding flooded
🔴A38 Wellington Road (West Buckland) - closed due to flooding
🔴Godminster Lane, Bruton - closed due to a tree down
🔴 A38 Taunton to Bridgwater - Monkton Elm and Walford Cross in the process of closing
🔴Reports of deep flood water on A359 from Mudford to Marston Magna
🚌 Many bus services are facing disruption, please expect delays.

27/01/2026

Breastmilk is the bespoke food for a human infant. Breastfeeding ensures all the infants’ nutrient needs are met, encourages optimum infant development, facilitates mother and child bonding, and protects the infants’ and mothers’ health in the short and long term.

Breastmilk is the bespoke food for a human infant. Breastfeeding ensures all the infants’ nutrient needs are met, encourages optimum infant development, facilitates mother and child bonding, and protects the infants’ and mothers’ health in the short and long term.

26/01/2026

⚠Important Notice⚠

Phone lines will be down between 17.00 - 23.00 on the 28/01/26.
For Somerset Triage please use the following numbers:

17.00-20.00
01935 383127

20.00-23.00
07741 638491

26/01/2026

⚠️another infant formula milk recall ⚠️

The implicated batch code of this Aptamil first infant formula 800g is 31-10-2026 and the expiry date is October 31st 2026. All affected batches of formula should be discarded.

IYCMI one specific batch of Danone's "Aptamil First Infant Formula" (800g) known to be contaminated with the toxin cereulide, is being recalled as of Friday 23rd January. The batch number and key advice is provided in this Food Standards Agency alert: https://www.food.gov.uk/news-alerts/alert/fsa-prin-03-2026.

This is in addition to the ongoing recall of a range of Nestle formula milks marketed under the brand names "SMA" and "Little Steps" since January 6th, see more here: https://www.food.gov.uk/news-alerts/alert/fsa-prin-02-2026-update-1.

STOP using any affected batches and contact your GP or call 111 if your baby is sick.

It is OK to switch between infant formula brands, but consult a health professional for advice on switching between brands of specialised infant milks.

Advice for parents using formula can be found on www.firststepsnutrition.org.

Info for health workers on all formula milks on the UK market can be found on www.infantmilkinfo.org.