East Midlands Perinatal Mental Health Collaborative
On 1 October 2023, the running of inpatient mental health services for pregnant women and new mothers in the East Midlands region became the responsibility of a new local partnership of healthcare providers.
The services – officially called perinatal mental health inpatient services – were previously overseen by NHS England Specialised Commissioning. Now, in line with changes set out in the NHS Long Term Plan, they will be overseen by a group of five NHS trusts and one private healthcare provider from the region, who are working together as the East Midlands Perinatal Mental Health Provider Collaborative.
The collaborative will maintain the high quality of perinatal services that are already provided in the East Midlands and seek to further improve the experience of service users and their families and carers. The collaborative is led by clinicians and is involving experts by experience to ensure that the service user’s voice is heard at every stage of their treatment and recovery.