Discover a wealth of resources designed to help you support women and families impacted by perinatal mental health problems. Whether you work in healthcare, local or national government we hope you find what you need.
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MMHA Pdf, 1.8mb
Published: January 2016
The Mums and Babies in Mind (MABIM) project was based in Blackpool, Haringey, Southend and Gloucestershire. It worked with local leaders in these areas to improve services for mums with mental health problems during pregnancy and the first year after birth, and their babies. Mums and Babies in Mind was a Maternal Mental Health Alliance project, hosted by the Mental Health Foundation and funded by the Big Lottery Fund. It lasted for three years, ending in September 2018.
NHS England Pdf, 960.8kb
Published: July 2019
The NHS Long Term Plan renewed the NHS' commitment to pursue an ambitious transformation of mental health care in England. The Mental Health Implementation Plan provides a new framework to ensure they deliver on this commitment at the local level.
CYPMHC X MMHA Pdf, 191.4kb
Published: October 2023
Support for young mums aged 16-25 has been notably absent from the policy agenda in recent years. Whilst efforts have been focused on reducing the number of teenage pregnancies, less attention has been paid to the support needs of young mums and historically young parenthood has been framed as a problem.
NHS Scotland Pdf
Published: February 2024
This guideline has been produced using methodology to adopt and adapt recommendations from other high-quality guidelines (see section 9). The majority of recommendations are adapted from the Centre of Perinatal Excellence (COPE): Mental Health Care in the Perinatal Period: Australian Clinical Practice guideline, 2023.
