Mothers: Mental Health Services
(asked on 2nd November 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, steps she is taking to help tackle the variation in provision of specialist perinatal mental health midwife roles across NHS Trusts.
This question was answered on 10th November 2026
The Maternity and Neonatal Taskforce is considering a wide range of issues to inform the development of the maternity and neonatal action plan, including support for perinatal mental health. Perinatal mental health will also be considered as part of our upcoming Mental Health Strategy. We will set out further details in due course.