PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Maternity Services (10 October 2022)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing mother and baby respite homes to help lower levels of maternal suicide.
Asked by:
Feryal Clark (Labour)
Asked by:
Feryal Clark (Labour)
Answer
We have no plans to make a specific assessment. However, we are expanding perinatal mental health services in England to include new mental health ‘hubs’ for new, expectant or bereaved mothers. This includes 33 new maternal mental health services, which provide psychological therapy, maternity services and reproductive health for women who have mental health needs following trauma or loss related to their maternity experience. These will be available in England by March 2024.
Answered by:
Dr Caroline Johnson (Conservative)
25 October 2022
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