Maternity action offer free work and benefits legal advice to expectant and new parents
In partnership with Maternity Action, Cheshire and Merseyside Maternity Rights Advice Service provides free and confidential advice on rights at work and maternity pay and benefits for pregnant women and new parents who are living, working, or booked for maternity care across the Cheshire and Merseyside areas.
In a recent survey by Maternity Action, they found that 71% of respondents ‘worried a lot’ about finances during pregnancy. This worry can often impact the health and well-being of both the parent and the unborn baby and often continues postpartum.
How to access help.
Advice by telephone
Call 0808 802 0062 (freephone)
10am – 1pm Monday – Friday
Advice by email
The Email advice service is provided through the online contact form.
Please use the online contact form for any advice queries.
We want to work closely with maternity teams (midwives can refer directly to Maternity Action) and VCSE groups that support pregnant families, please share this information with your members, families you are supporting and anyone you think would benefit from it. We are more than happy to meet with groups or teams to discuss our project and find out how to make the service more accessible.
What are Health Justice Partnerships:
- Health Justice partnerships are collaborations between health services (primary, acute, and mental health) and organisations specialising in welfare rights.
- They provide welfare rights advice alongside health care, supporting people with issues such as welfare benefits, debt, housing, and employment.
- Health Justice Partnerships tackle social and economic circumstances that are harmful to health visit Health Justice Partnerships | UCL Health of the Public – UCL – University College London for more information.
“Law is both a social determinant of health and a remedy for addressing health inequalities.” – Professor Dame Hazel Genn, Director, National Strategy for Health Justice Partnership, University College London