Oral QuestionDepartment of Health and Social Care

What steps he is taking to improve perinatal mental health provision.

Tabled: 30 April 2025Answered: 6 May 2025

Asked by

Laura Kyrke-Smith

LabourAylesbury

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

Answer from Hansard

The Minister for Secondary Care (Karin Smyth)

I commend my hon. Friend for her work on such an important topic; I know it is very personal to her. Specialist perinatal and maternity mental health services are available across England, providing vital support to parents before, during and after pregnancy, including increased access to evidence-based psychological therapies. We are training thousands more midwives to better support women throughout pregnancy, with mother and baby units and community services providing postnatal support.