Pregnancy: Mental Health Services
(asked on 24th October 2014) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 24 October 2014 to Question 211354, which official at NHS England has the lead responsibility for perinatal mental health services.
This question was answered on 29th October 2014
The Senior Responsible Officer at NHS England for perinatal mental health is Jane Cummings, the Chief Nursing Officer.
NHS England is responsible for commissioning Specialised Perinatal Mental Health Services (In-patient Mother and Baby Units) nationally. Non-specialised services are commissioned by local clinical commissioning groups.