AQW 1390/22-27

Ms Connie Egan
Alliance Party
North Down

Tabled Date: 13/06/2022
Answered On Date: 24/06/2022
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Health for an update on the implementation of Mother and Baby Units, and other work on perinatal mental health.

Answer:

Implementation of the specialist perinatal mental health services is being implemented on a phased approach, with phase one focussing on the roll out of community perinatal mental health teams across the region. Services in the Belfast Trust and the South Eastern Trust are operational and accepting referrals. The three remaining trusts are completing recruitment processes.

In parallel, preliminary scoping work has also commenced on the establishment of a Mother and Baby Unit for the region, including engagement with Health and Social Care Trusts.