MHN lead professional officer update

PERINATAL MENTAL HEALTH MUST BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY

Vanessa Gilmartin Garrity, mental health nurse and independent consultant

New and expectant mothers face increased mental health risks caused by the pandemic

During and after pregnancy, women have faced a

Government’s race report criticised for not addressing core issues

A government report on race and ethnic inequality

NHS England announces new perinatal mental health hubs

New, expectant or bereaved mothers in England will

Scotland update: round-up of developments

There have been a number of recent developments

Northern Ireland update: funding for perinatal services welcomed as way of ending women’s postcode lottery

Earlier this year Northern Ireland’s health minister Robin

The Maternal Mental Health Alliance: working to improve services for women and families

The Maternal Mental Health Alliance (MMHA) is a

New resources produced for preconception care

A group of organisations have joined forces to

Working in perinatal mental health: Hannah Maker

Mental Health Nursing meets the peripatetic ward manager and RMN at Jasmine Lodge Mother and Baby Unit, Exeter, Devon

‘A fo ben, bid bont’ – If you want to be a leader, be a bridge: Improving perinatal services in Wales

@sharonf2016 Abstract This paper sets out how Wales

Students need to learn about perinatal health

Georgie Ellmore-Jones and Sarah Powell explore why their education should include perinatal care

From admission to recovery: my lived experience of maternal mental ill health

@ resreindeer It is November 2020, early one Monday

Paternal perinatal mental health: reflections of two early career researchers

Suzanne Hodgson Senior lecturer, Sheffield Hallam University Caroline Estrella Postgraduate researcher, Anglia Ruskin University Correspondence: suzanne.hodgson14@gmail.com

Inside the mind of... Luciana Berger

Mental Health Nursing meets the former MP, mental health campaigner and chair of the Maternal Mental Health Alliance

Mental health nursing and health visiting: a persective on being dual qualified

I began my career many years ago as