Extracts from Westminster Hall debate on Maternal Mental Health - Mar 10
Thursday, 11 March 2021 07:50
Sarah Olney (Richmond Park) (LD):...The survey we conducted found
that, of those mothers who had received an online consultation, 60%
said they were not affected, compared with only 3% who said they
were affected. I have spoken to the Institute of Health Visiting
and the Royal College of Psychiatrists, and they have confirmed to
me how vital such face-to-face support is for new mothers in the
first weeks. The value of the home visit is that the mother does
not need to identify the need for...Request free trial
(Richmond Park) (LD):...The survey we conducted
found that, of those mothers who had received an online
consultation, 60% said they were not affected, compared with only
3% who said they were affected. I have spoken to the Institute of
Health Visiting and the Royal College of Psychiatrists, and they
have confirmed to me how vital such face-to-face support is for new
mothers in the first weeks. The value of the home visit is that the
mother does not need to identify the need for help and then go out
and seek it for herself; someone comes to her and asks her how she
is. A trained and experienced health visitor can observe mother and
baby and identify whether additional support is needed. That kind
of support cannot be replicated on Zoom or over the phone.
Furthermore, as the Royal College of Psychiatrists has highlighted
to me, it is much harder to identify whether there are issues of
domestic violence or coercive control between a mother and her
partner when contact is one-dimensional...
(Edinburgh West) (LD) [V]:...It was during a
recent Zoom call with friends that the
real, current issues affecting maternal mental health struck home
for me..
(Richmond Park) (LD): This has been a really
fantastic debate, and I am so grateful for the contributions from
Members, both in the room and on Zoom...
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