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Published: October 2018

This is a tool to help local partners rate their local offer against national standards to identify strengths and gaps where more work is needed. The tool has seven themed worksheets, which each set out key standards for perinatal mental health services and pathways that should ideally exist in each local area.

MMHA Pdf, 650.1kb

Published: January 2016

Women's Health Physiotherapist Emma Brockwell writes about the links between physical and mental health in the postnatal period.

MMHA Pdf, 783.8kb

Published: January 2016

Blog by Julia Thompson, Health Improvement Principal in the Children's Public Health team at Sheffield City Council. Sheffield has been working hard to improve support for women experiencing mental health problems during the perinatal period through better coordinated treatment and support.

MMHA Pdf, 1.4mb

Published: January 2016

Blog by Sharin Baldwin, trained nurse, midwife and health visitor. Her research interest is the mental health and wellbeing of fathers, an area that is fairly neglected.

MMHA Pdf, 1.1mb

Published: January 2016

Sally Hogg, Strategic Lead for Mums and Babies in Mind, shares some of the key themes from the 2018 World Association of Infant Mental Health Congress.

MMHA Pdf, 769.0kb

Published: January 2016

Dr Alain Gregoire, Consultant Psychiatrist and Clinical Lead for Mums and Babies in Mind, writes from 2016 about the NHSE perinatal mental health community fund.

MMHA Pdf, 1.8mb

Published: January 2016

Sally Hogg, MABIM Strategic Lead, writes in 2016 about the 20 areas of the UK that will be receiving the first phase of specialist perinatal mental health development funding.

MMHA Pdf, 1.7mb

Published: January 2016

Sophy Forman-Lynch, from the Warwickshire Public Health Early Years team, writes about their 2016 research to hear the voices and experiences of 1,030 Warwickshire parents of children aged 0-5 years.

MMHA Pdf, 869.1kb

Published: January 2016

Shereen Fisher, Chief Executive of the Breastfeeding Network and Wendy Jones, Pharmacist and Trainer with the Breastfeeding Network write about the complex relationship between how women feed their babies and their perinatal mental health.

MMHA Pdf, 1.6mb

Published: January 2016

Professor Jane Melton, Director of Engagement and Integration with 2gether NHS Foundation Trust in Gloucestershire writes about the campaign they developed to help tackle stigma around perinatal mental illness.