The Compass Outreach Service and the Norfolk Parent Infant Mental Health Service (PIMHS) have been jointly shortlisted for a Health Service Journal Award in the “improved partnerships between health and local government” category.

Compass Outreach, which is run by Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust in partnership with The Benjamin Foundation and Norfolk County Council, works with ‘looked after’ children and those at risk of being taken into care. It has been shortlisted after supporting more than 170 families in its first year.

PIMHS, which is also run by NSFT, offers targeted mental health support for the parent and specialist attachment focused therapy when a baby is at risk of being taken into care, in turn encouraging bonding to ensure families can remain together.