| A Maternal Mental Health Alliance report on specialist perinatal mental health community services in the UK highlights the progress made in all four nations since 2013 but finds that access to life-saving mental health care for pregnant women and new mothers remains uneven. Many regions are still lacking the necessary resources and mental health-related deaths during pregnancy or up to six weeks after birth are increasing, emphasising the urgency of addressing this issue. The report finds this is largely due to workforce planning and shortage issues, made worse by insecure or late allocation of funds. |
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