Health: Multiple Pregnancy Debate
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Earl of Listowel
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Health: Multiple Pregnancy
Earl of Listowel Excerpts(9 years, 4 months ago)
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Lord Prior of Brampton
The NICE guidelines for mothers expecting twins or more have an enhanced pathway as well, in which there will be a specialist named obstetrician and a mental health specialist. The Government have committed an extra £75 million over the next five years to increase the availability of mental health expertise to women who have multiple births.
The Earl of Listowel (CB)
Does not the Minister take pride in the fact that his Government—or the coalition Government—were so successful in recruiting many more health visitors, so that vulnerable families such as these get the support that they need?
Lord Prior of Brampton
Yes, I believe that under the coalition Government an extra 4,000 health visitors were recruited, and they are very important.