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Better training needed to support perinatal mental health, NHS figures show
Data from NHS England has suggested that a shortage of trained staff has meant 30,000 new mothers with mental health conditions are being put at risk after giving birth.
The figures show that just 15 per cent of areas provide the recommended level of post-birth community care, while 40 per cent offered no service at all.
The news has emerged as NHS England has announced it will make available the first portion of a £365 million fund to provide better support for mother with mental illnesses. Local providers will be able to apply for grants of the £5 million instalment, to provide special training for existing staff to support new mothers with serious psychiatric conditions.
Dr Giles Berrisford, the association national clinical director for perinatal mental health, commented: "We absolutely need to ensure that all women have the access to high quality perinatal mental health care and are committed to addressing current issues and variation.
“If left untreated, it can have a devastating impact on the woman affected and her family.”
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