PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Mental Health Services: Mothers (26 October 2022)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve access to specialist perinatal and maternal mental health services.
Asked by:
Dr Rosena Allin-Khan (Labour)
Asked by:
Dr Rosena Allin-Khan (Labour)
Answer
We are taking action to improve access to the the support available in the perinatal period, including by expanding perinatal mental health services around England to include new mental health “hubs” for new, expectant or bereaved mothers.
This expansion includes 33 new Maternal Mental Health Services, which bring together 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 across the whole of England by March 2024.
Answered by:
Maria Caulfield (Conservative)
2 November 2022
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