Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 38281
Mental Health Services: Fathers
Tabled: 13 March 2025
Answered: 24 March 2025
Question
Gregor Poynton
Labour — Livingston
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to introduce initiatives to include expectant and new fathers in mental health checks as part of routine antenatal and postnatal care.
Answer
Stephen KinnockSupport is already available for expectant and new fathers and partners who experience mental health difficulties during the perinatal period. Partners of women accessing specialist perinatal and maternal mental health services should be offered an eviden...
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