Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that women and their partners are able to access the leaflets recently developed by the Royal College of Psychiatrists to provide evidence-based and expert advice on perinatal mental health services.

NHS England has worked closely with the Royal College of Psychiatrists to promote these leaflets widely to organisations and services that work with families during the perinatal period.

The full content of the leaflets is available digitally to the public on the Royal College of Psychiatrists website. More information can be found at the following link:

https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/news-and-features/latest-news/detail/2018/11/19/new-mental-health-guidance-launched-for-mothers-to-be-and-new-mothers

Information on perinatal mental health is also available on the NHS website at the following link:

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnancy-and-baby/mental-health-problems-pregnant/