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<p>This Government is committed to improving perinatal mental health services for
women during pregnancy and in the first postnatal year, so that women are able to
access the right care at the right time and close to home.</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. This includes access to psychological therapies
and specialist community or inpatient care.</p><p> </p><p>A key element of the programme
is to increase awareness and skills across the workforce, supporting better identification
of perinatal mental illness, early intervention and consequently improved recovery
rates. In addition, there are 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 know
when to refer on.</p>
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