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“It is now estimated that at least 1 in 5 women develop a mental illness during pregnancy or within the first year after having a baby. This can have a devastating impact and we know it is often left unrecognised, undiagnosed, and untreated. Despite evidence of the prevalence and long-term consequences for mothers and babies, maternal mental health does not receive anywhere near the level of attention or investment as physical health..”
Maternal Mental Health Alliance, January 2023
“Expectant and new mothers are not receiving adequate mental health care during and post-pregnancy”
Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman August 2023
“Mental ill-health ranks with physical factors as one of the leading causes of maternal deaths in the UK, and yet this is not reflected in the resources allocated to it, whether in terms of staffing or other support.”
Birte Harlev-Lam OBE, Executive Director, Midwife, Royal College of Midwives August 2023
This conference focuses on improving perinatal mental health services. By attending this one day conference, you will hear presentations from expert speakers at local and national level. Chaired by Elaine Coote, a Survivor of Postnatal Depression and Author of Eyes without Sparkle and Another Twinkle in the Eye– ‘contemplating another pregnancy after perinatal mental illness’, the conference will open focusing on the lived experience. The conference highlight key policy developments at a national level and share learning from the most recent MBRRACE- UK Report and RCM roadmap to strengthening perinatal mental health. You will benefit from extended sessions focusing prevention and positive mental health, developing a model of service delivery in which mental and physical health care are integrated into the work of maternity and health visiting services, identifying and supporting women in mental health crisis, improving the quality of mental healthcare for new mothers, supporting men whose wives or partners are experiencing PND, learning from maternal mental health pilot sites, supporting mothers at higher risk due to birth trauma or previous mental health issues, and supporting women with existing mental health concerns with a case study on Eating Disorders.
This conference will enable you to:
Network with colleagues who are working to improve perinatal mental health services
Reflect on the lived experience
Explore national developments, learning and improvements
Strengthen perinatal mental health in line with the 2023 RCM roadmap
Understand the practical implications of the most recent national MBRRACE-UK enquiries and reports on maternal deaths
Developing a model of service delivery in which mental and physical health care are integrated into the work of maternity and health visiting services
Reflect on national developments and learning
Improve the way you deliver positive mental health and wellbeing support
Reflect on the developments at a maternal mental health pilot site
Develop your skills in identifying and supporting women experiencing mental health crisis
Understand the role midwives personalising care and promoting Mental Health Wellbeing
Identify key strategies for supporting men whose wives or partners are suffering from postnatal depression
Develop effective care plans and support for women with previous mental health concerns
Improve support for women who have had traumatic births
Improve support for women with pre existing mental health conditions such as eating disorders
Self assess and reflect on your own practice
Supports CPD professional development and acts as revalidation evidence. This course provides 5 Hrs training for CPD subject to peer group approval for revalidation purposes
100% of delegates at our previous conference on this subject would recommend it to a colleague
