Perinatal mental health network: London Perinatal Mental Health Network – NCCMH

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There are currently 12 perinatal mental health networks across England. Networks bring services together by giving them support, advice and guidance. They play an important role in the delivery of services through encouraging innovation, service development and monitoring, and the coordination of healthcare professionals, commissioners and managers.

Co-Production

  • From start: Yes
  • During process: Yes
  • In evaluation: Yes

Evaluation

  • Peer: Yes
  • Academic: Yes
  • PP Collaborative: No

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Perinatal mental health network: London Perinatal Mental Health Network

There are currently 12 perinatal mental health networks across England. Networks bring services together by giving them support, advice and guidance. They play an important role in the delivery of services through encouraging innovation, service development and monitoring, and the coordination of healthcare professionals, commissioners and managers. See the Antenatal and Postnatal Mental Health NICE guideline for more information.

Since 2014, the London Perinatal Mental Health Network has collaborated with the London Maternity Strategic Clinical Network and the Healthy London Partnership. As a result, the partnership has:

  • agreed protocols for admission to mother and baby units in London
  • developed a standardised training programme for perinatal mental health, including guidance developed by the London Perinatal Neonatology Working Group
  • developed perinatal mental health care pathways for London (see Pan London Perinatal Mental Health Network: perinatal mental health care pathways), and supported service development by promoting the use of the care pathway as a tool in local areas
  • developed an animation which raises awareness and helps commissioners and providers to understand the pathway and commissioning guidance
  • delivered a London IAPT Perinatal Leads Project, to increase the number of perinatal women being seen in London IAPT services
  • delivered three annual conferences
  • developed an Experts by Experience forum of London women to provide input to network projects and be involved in coproduction.

Further information can be found in the report on the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists’ website, Joining up care in maternal mental health: setting up a perinatal mental health network.

Contact details

Contact: Jo Maitland, London Perinatal Mental Health Network coordinator: JMaitland@Tavi-Port.ac.uk

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