Written questions

Postnatal Care: Mental Health Services

Commons · Question 22849 · Tabled 8 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 17 Jan 2025

Question

Asked by Allison Gardner

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve provision of post-natal mental health care in Stoke-on-Trent.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 17 Jan 2025

Stoke-on-Trent is one of 75 local authorities that is receiving funding to provide bespoke perinatal mental health and parent-infant relationship support through the Family Hubs and Start for Life programme.However, more is needed. Access to these service...