With a general election coming up, we must work together to make sure the mental health needs of new and expectant mothers and their families are on the political agenda: maternalmentalhealthalliance.org/campaign/gener… #MakeAllCareCount #MMHAmanifesto
It was a an awesome roundtable UK House of Commons yesterday. Thank you for your time Abena Oppong-Asare MP and thank you
Maternal Mental Health Alliance for bringing us all together to discuss this very important topic #pmh . #MakeAllCareCount
Sharing updated information on the event below! Read the whole thread for all the details 👇
#EveryonesBusiness #MakeallCareCount including Kwisa-African Women In Scotland Parent and Infant Mental Health Scotland Maternal Mental Health Alliance Isioma Okolo MBChB MPH MRCOG
The MMHA #EveryonesBusiness Winter 2023/24 eBulletin is available now! Catch up on the latest research, resources and news from the UK #PerinatalMentalHealth community: maternalmentalhealthalliance.org/news/winter-20… #MakeAllCareCount
Why is parity between maternal mental and physical health important? Mental illness is the most common health complication for new and expectant mums worldwide; 4 times more common than gestational diabetes, which is routinely tested for: maternalmentalhealthalliance.org/about-maternal… #MakeAllCareCount
I'm recruiting participants for my doctoral research - I would love to hear from you if you feel comfortable talking to me about your experience as a healthcare professional delivering care when traumatic birth is a possibility! #MakeAllCareCount
Today, Centre for Mental Health and Maternal Mental Health Alliance launch a new briefing to help integrated care systems understand their unique role in ensuring every new & expectant mum gets the right mental health support at the right time, close to home: tinyurl.com/ICSbriefing #MakeAllCareCount
Today, Maternal Mental Health Alliance and iHV are proud to share our new resource to enable and inform high-quality, compassionate care for families impacted by #PerinatalMentalHealth problems
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Integrated care systems have a unique opportunity to ensure that families get the right maternal mental health support at the right time, close to home. This new briefing from Centre for Mental Health and Maternal Mental Health Alliance sets out how: bit.ly/43KoMb8 #MakeAllCareCount #PIMH
Once more for those at the back..
‘needs to be commissioned and properly funded alongside clinical services’
Poor commissioning & undervaluing of the voluntary sector impacts not only families at the heart but also those delivering the services #MakeAllCareCount Maternal Mental Health Alliance 🙌🏻
A great resource Maternal Mental Health Alliance
Education and training on best practice #perinatalmentalhealth is so important to protect and support #mums
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Integrated care systems have a unique opportunity to ensure that new and expectant mums get the right maternal mental health support at the right time, close to home. This new briefing from Centre for Mental Health and Maternal Mental Health Alliance sets out how: tinyurl.com/ICSbriefing #MakeAllCareCount
'We've had a 40% cut in our workforce... now there aren't enough health visitors to meet the scale of need... It strips out the mechanisms to identify problems early, to treat them before they reach crisis point.' Alison Morton 💙 iHV #MakeAllCareCount
Today, Centre for Mental Health & the Maternal Mental Health Alliance launch a new briefing to help integrated care systems understand their unique role in ensuring every new & expectant mum gets the right mental health support at the right time, close to home: tinyurl.com/ICSbriefing #MakeAllCareCount
It shouldn’t matter where you live. Let’s keep raising awareness, this needs to be high on any agenda to shape the future generation #earlyrelationships #makeallcarecount #families
Maternal or perinatal mental ill-health affects around 1 in 5 mothers in the UK.
Maternal Mental Health Alliance is calling for all women and families across the UK to have equitable access to comprehensive, high-quality perinatal mental health care.
Help #MakeAllCareCount ⬇️
#StrongerTogether
We know from our perinatal support services that ICS’ have the opportunity to ensure new and expectant mums get the right mental health support at the right time, close to home. A new briefing from Centre for Mental Health and Maternal Mental Health Alliance shows how: tinyurl.com/ICSbriefing #MakeAllCareCount
More than 1 in 5 women develop a mental illness during pregnancy or within the first year after having a baby
It is crucial that we #MakeAllCareCount
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