The National Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Network was created to promote joint working and support frontline professionals, such as health visitors, midwives and early years workers, as well as mental health specialists. It will also advise and support service commissioners to help create a comprehensive care pathway for mothers and babies.
Sheila Shribman, the national clinical director for children, young people and maternity at the Department of Health, commissioned the network, which has already attracted more than 700 professionals on board.
Shribman wants health visitors, midwives and their colleagues in early years to join the network. "The national steering group will feed those messages up to the national Health and Wellbeing Board," she said. "This is a good opportunity to influence and promote the development of local networks to support antenatal and postnatal care of mothers and babies as provided for in the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidelines".
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