Leanne's Story

One of our aims is to develop and improve primary and community services. Our staff work in partnership with others to provide support and advice, which enables people to make healthier lifestyle choices.

Leanne is a 19-year old single mum with two children aged two and half (Chloe) and a newborn (Sam). She suffered with Postnatal depression following the birth of her first child.

Leanne was a teenage mum and left school without any qualifications. At school she was identified as having dyslexia and received extra input from the special needs teacher.

Her designated health visitor knows about her previous mental health history and has been making regular visits to Leanne's home. The health visitor is also aware of Leanne's problems with reading and writing and takes this into account when she leaves messages for her. Her oldest child has asthma.

Leanne is a regular visitor to her GP surgery and the Accident & Emergency Department with her children. Leanne smokes 25 cigarettes a day. She did not stop smoking while she was pregnant.

Local information

Every year in our PCT area there are approximately 500 conceptions in young women aged under 18 years, This is lower than the England and Wales average and has fallen overall since 1998.

The Health and Lifestyle Survey (2001) indicated that locally 21% of people are smokers (33,600 people).