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<p>Promoting good maternal and perinatal mental health is a key priority for this
Government, as set out in the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health.</p><p> </p><p>The
Department is investing £365 million from 2015/16 to 2020/21 in perinatal mental health
services, and NHS England is leading a transformation programme to ensure that by
2020/21 at least 30,000 more women each year are able to access evidence-based specialist
mental health care during the perinatal period.</p><p> </p><p>A key element of the
transformation programme is to increase awareness and skills across the workforce,
supporting better identification of perinatal mental illness, early intervention and
consequently improved recovery rates.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Department has
published guidance which has led to the creation of over 570 perinatal mental health
visitor champions. Their role is to support health visitors with the identification
and management of anxiety, mild to moderate depression and other perinatal mental
disorders, and to know when to refer on to a specialist.</p>
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