Pregnancy: Mental Health Services
(asked on 16th December 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 91 of the Women's Health Strategy, how many women with moderate to complex perinatal mental health needs have access to specialist community care.
Answered by
Maria Caulfield
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
This question was answered on 21st December 2022
Specialist community perinatal mental health services are now available throughout England. The NHS Mental Health Dashboard indicates that 45,411 women accessed specialist perinatal mental health services and maternal mental health services in the 12 months to June 2022.