Mental Illness: Mothers

(asked on 23rd October 2019) - View Source

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 tackle maternal mental illness.


Answered by
Nadine Dorries Portrait
Nadine Dorries
This question was answered on 28th October 2019

We invested £11.98 billion into mental health care in 2017-18 and £12.5 billion in 18/19. These increases are being driven by the additional £1 billion between 2017-2021 to support the Five Year Forward View, which includes £290 million for perinatal services.

From April 2019, new and expectant mothers have already been able to access specialist perinatal mental health community services in every part of the country.

The NHS Long Term Plan includes a commitment for a further 24,000 women to be able to access specialist perinatal mental health care by 2023/24, building on the additional 30,000 women who will access these services each year by 2020/21 under pre-existing plans. Specialist care will also be available from preconception to 24 months after birth, which will provide an extra year of support.

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