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The DadPad® App

Fatherhood at your fingertips

The DadPad app has been developed with local NHS teams – with feedback from real-life dads – to give new dads and dads-to-be the knowledge and practical skills necessary to support themselves and their partner, so that babies get the best start in life.

  • Learn the basics of baby care, and other key skills and knowledge for new and expectant dads
  • Find out about local and national support groups, services and organisations relevant to you as a new or expectant dad
  • Connect, ask questions and share experiences with other local dads and healthcare professionals

 

To find out whether your area of the country is covered by a DadPad app, please consult the map further down this page.

To find the download instructions for your app, please select from the drop-down list below.

Why do I need this?

As a new dad, it’s common to feel excited, but also left out, unsure or overwhelmed.  The team at DadPad recognise the importance – to the whole family – of providing you with bespoke information on the practical skills and essentials that you need to become more confident in your new role.  This will help you to not only feel included and involved as a parent, but also to become an active and engaged co-parent, alongside your baby’s mum.

 

What topics does it cover?

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Health Visitor Team
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Feeding
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Holding
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Crying
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Sleeping
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Changing nappies
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Cleaning
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Getting to know your baby
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First aid
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Parenting advice and support
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Child development and milestones
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Supporting each other
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Looking after yourself
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Legal information

What are
the benefits?

Using the DadPad app brings many benefits, including helping and enabling you to:

  • Reduce your anxiety, by getting involved and gaining in confidence
  • Learn how to create a strong bond and healthy attachment with your baby
  • Build stronger family relationships by sharing the load and learning how to parent together
  • Recognise the signs of postnatal depression, and other common forms of perinatal mental ill-health, in both yourself and your partner, and learn how to get help early

Is the DadPad app available in my area?

NHS Highland

Argyll & Bute*

NORTH HIGHLANDS

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Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council

Barnsley*

SOUTH YORKSHIRE

More info

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnerships NHS Foundation Trust

Bath, North East Somerset, Swindon & Wiltshire

SOMERSET / WILTSHIRE

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Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Berkshire

BERKSHIRE

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NHS South East London ICB

Bexley

LONDON

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Birmingham City Council

*Birmingham

WEST MIDLANDS

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Greater Manchester Integrated Care Partnership

Bolton

GREATER MANCHESTER

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NHS West Yorkshire ICB

Bradford

WEST YORKSHIRE

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Brighton & Hove Safeguarding Children Partnership

Brighton & Hove

EAST SUSSEX

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Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Bristol, N Somerset & S Gloucestershire

BRISTOL / SOMERSET / GLOUCESTERSHIRE

More info

NHS South East London ICB

Bromley

LONDON

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Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust

Buckinghamshire

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE

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NHS West Yorkshire ICB

Calderdale

WEST YORKSHIRE

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NHS Cambridgeshire & Peterborough ICB

Cambridgeshire & Peterborough

CAMBRIDGESHIRE

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Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Cheshire & Merseyside

CHESHIRE / MERSEYSIDE

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Cornwall Council

Cornwall*

CORNWALL

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South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust

Coventry*

WARWICKSHIRE

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Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Derby City*

DERBYSHIRE

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Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust

Derbyshire

DERBYSHIRE

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NHS Sheffield Health & Social Care Foundation Trust

Doncaster

SOUTH YORKSHIRE

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NHS Dorset

Dorset

DORSET

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Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council

Dudley

WEST MIDLANDS

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Greater Manchester Integrated Care Partnership

Eastern Cheshire

CHESHIRE

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NHS Gloucestershire ICB

Gloucestershire*

GLOUCESTERSHIRE

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NHS West Yorkshire ICB

Greater Huddersfield & Kirklees

WEST YORKSHIRE

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Greater Manchester Integrated Care Partnership

Greater Manchester

GREATER MANCHESTER

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NHS South East London ICB

Greenwich

LONDON

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Haringey Council

Haringey*

LONDON

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NHS West Yorkshire ICB

Harrogate

WEST YORKSHIRE

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Hartlepool Borough Council

Hartlepool*

COUNTY DURHAM

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Herefordshire & Worcestershire Health & Care NHS Trust

Hereford

HEREFORDSHIRE

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Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust

Hull, East Riding, North Lincolnshire & NE Lincolnshire

EAST RIDING / LINCOLNSHIRE

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Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Lancashire & South Cumbria*

LANCASHIRE / CUMBRIA

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NHS West Yorkshire ICB

Leeds

WEST YORKSHIRE

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Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Leicestershire*

LEICESTERSHIRE

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Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Lincolnshire

LINCOLNSHIRE

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Bedfordshire & Luton Perinatal Mental Health Service

Luton & Bedfordshire

BEDFORDSHIRE

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NHS Northamptonshire ICB

Northamptonshire

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE

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NHS Highland

North Highland*

NORTH HIGHLANDS

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North Tyneside Council

North Tyneside*

TYNE & WEAR

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Northumberland County Council

Northumberland*

NORTHUMBERLAND

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Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Nottinghamshire

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE

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Greater Manchester Integrated Care Partnership

Pennine

LANCASHIRE

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Portsmouth City Council

Portsmouth City*

HAMPSHIRE

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NHS Sheffield Health & Social Care Foundation Trust

Rotherham

SOUTH YORKSHIRE

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Greater Manchester Integrated Care Partnership

Salford

GREATER MANCHESTER

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Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

Sandwell*

WEST MIDLANDS

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NHS Sheffield Health & Social Care Foundation Trust

Sheffield

SOUTH YORKSHIRE

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South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust

Solihull*

WARWICKSHIRE

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South Tyneside Council

South Tyneside*

TYNE & WEAR

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Greater Manchester Integrated Care Partnership

Stockport

GREATER MANCHESTER

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Stoke-on-Trent City Council

Stoke-on-Trent*

STAFFORDSHIRE

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Greater Manchester Integrated Care Partnership

Tameside & Glossop

GREATER MANCHESTER

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Action for Children Torbay / Torbay Council

Torbay*

DEVON

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NHS West Yorkshire ICB

Wakefield

WEST YORKSHIRE

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Walsall Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust / Walsall Council

Walsall

WEST MIDLANDS

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South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust

Warwickshire*

WARWICKSHIRE

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West Sussex Safeguarding Children Partnership

West Sussex

WEST SUSSEX

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NHS West Yorkshire ICB

West Yorkshire

WEST YORKSHIRE

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City of Wolverhampton Council

Wolverhampton*

WEST MIDLANDS

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Herefordshire & Worcestershire Health & Care NHS Trust

Worcestershire

WORCESTERSHIRE

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Greater Manchester Integrated Care Partnership

Wrightington, Wigan & Leigh

LANCASHIRE

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Want to access the DadPad app for your local area?

Commissioners:

Want us to start a conversation with us about possibly commissioning the DadPad app for your area?

If you’re involved in providing support to new families during the perinatal period and would like to find out more about possibly commissioning the DadPad app to supplement this work…

Click to find out more

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