The Family Nurse Partnership programme, launched by the government in ten areas in England in 2007, aims to support young first-time parents. Evaluators said there were early signs that parents who were targeted by the scheme had greater aspirations for the future and were better able to cope with pregnancy, labour and parenthood.   The programme, which scored eight out of ten in a client approval survey, was also enthusiastically supported by the nurses involved. Children’s minister Beverley Hughes...