Pregnant women and new mums are missing out on vital mental health services, while the NHS is not on track to meet key targets, a new report reveals.
In 2016, the UK government pledged a revolution in mental health services, including almost £300m to provide specialist care for expectant or new mothers in England.And while there is some form of specialist provision across most of the UK and there has been increased investment everywhere, there is a significant disparity between nations.According to the report, Northern Ireland fares worst.
Standing at the top of a hill with her daughter in a pushchair, she thought about letting go. "I wasn't convinced I wasn't going to do it," she says now. Eleanor started asking others to push her daughter instead and sought help from a mental health midwife.While the numbers of women who take their own lives when they are pregnant or in the first year after giving birth are small - the risk of the worst outcome appears to be rising.
The issue does not appear to be a lack of funding, with all nations setting aside more money for this area of health care. Rather, that money is not always being spent. A Welsh government spokesperson said it had invested in specialist perinatal mental health services and there were dedicated teams within every health board in Wales.
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