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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 between 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>
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