Practitioner Network Group
The Practitioner Network group has two functions:
1, To share good practice within the South West, to help develop maternal mental health; and
2. Will act as a reference group to develop multi-agency care pathway and service specification.
This group will act as advisors to commissioners and providers if required.
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SHA Oversight Group
The SHA Oversight group was established to review maternal mental health services in the South West. This group is chaired by Kate Schneider, Deputy Regional Director, South West Development Centre.
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Policy and guidelines
Access policy and guidance of relevance to improving maternal mental health services.
Maternity services review
The Healthcare Commission undertook a major review of maternity services in England in 2007. Read more about the findings and the implications for maternal mental health service development in the South West.
Integrated care pathways
The NHS operating framework for 20010/11 refers to the increasing importance of integration and integrated working. In particular, emphasising more user-focussed integrated care pathways to deliver better outcomes and transform community services.
Read about integrated care pathways and models of design and delivery for maternal mental health service managers to consider.
Effective commissioning
NICE clinical guideline CG45 on antenatal and postnatal mental health makes recommendations on how the components of services may be adapted to meet local needs and deliver integrated care.
Read more about the benefits of robustly commissioning effective antenatal and postnatal mental health services.
Service models
Recent policy and guidelines suggest that the needs of mothers, their infants and their families will be best served through services organised and managed around the woman and her family. These services need to be provided through integrated, whole system perinatal mental health networks, working across the three separate service “worlds” of maternity, children and adult mental health.
Read more about the benefits of an integrated and whole systems approach to service delivery.