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Perinatal mental health service specification

This service specification has been prepared by the Scottish Government to advise clinicians and managers working in NHS inpatient and community perinatal mental health services of the principles of good practice in relation to the delivery of services.


References

Cantwell R, Cairns A, Bunch K and Knight M on behalf of the MBRRACE-UK mental health chapter-writing group. Improving mental health care and care for women with multiple adversity. In Knight M, Bunch K, Tuffnell D, Patel R, Shakespeare J, Kotnis R, Kenyon S, Kurinczuk JJ (Eds.) on behalf of MBRRACE-UK. Saving Lives, Improving Mothers’ Care - Lessons learned to inform maternity care from the UK and Ireland Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths and Morbidity 2017-19. Oxford: National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford 2021: p34-51. Access at: https://www.npeu.ox.ac.uk

Langan Martin J, McLean G, Cantwell R, Smith DJ. Admission to psychiatric hospital in the early and late postpartum periods: Scottish national linkage study. BMJ Open 2016;6:e008758. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008758

MBRRACE (2024) Saving Lives, Improving Mothers’ Care. Access at: https://www.npeu.ox.ac.uk

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (2014, 2020) Antenatal and postnatal mental health: Clinical management and service guidance (update). (Clinical Guideline 192.) Access at: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg192

NHS Scotland (2023) The Charter of Patient Rights and Responsibilities. Access at: https://www.gov.scot/publications/charter-patient-rights-responsibilities-revised-june-2022/documents/

Perinatal Mental Health Network Scotland (2024) The Women and Families Maternal Mental Health Pledge. Access at: Women and Families Maternal Mental Health Pledge

Perinatal Mental Health Network Scotland & NHS Education for Scotland (2018) Perinatal mental health curricular framework: a framework for maternal and infant mental health. Access at: Perinatal mental health curricular framework : a framework for maternal and infant mental health | Turas | Learn (nhs.scot)

Perinatal Mental Health Network Scotland (2019) Delivering effective Services: Needs Assessment and Service Recommendations for Universal and Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Services. Access at: Delivering Effective Services

Perinatal Mental Health Network Scotland (2020) The Community Perinatal Mental Health Team (CPMHT) Service Development Guide. Access at: https://www.nn.nhs.scot/pmhn/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2020/07/PMHNS-CPMHT-service-development-guide.pdf

Perinatal Mental Health Network Scotland (2021) The Scottish Perinatal Mental Health Care Pathways. Access at: Scottish Perinatal Mental Health Care Pathways

Perinatal Mental Health Network Scotland (2021) The Perinatal Mental Health Role Definitions. Access at: Perinatal Mental Health Specialist Role Definitions

Perinatal Mental Health Network Scotland (2021) Supporting Women, Reducing Harm: Review of services for substance-using women and their infants in pregnancy and the postnatal period. Access at: SUPPORTING-WOMEN-REDUCING-HARM-Report-V1.pdf (nhs.scot)

Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (2023) Perinatal Mental Health Conditions: a national clinical guideline. Access at: SIGN 169 Perinatal Mental Health Conditions.

Scottish Government (2014) Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014. Access at: Part One:Services In Relation To Children At Risk Of Becoming Looked After And The Legal Framework - Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014: National Guidance on Part 12: Services in relation to Children at Risk of Becoming Looked After, etc - gov.scot

Scottish Government (2015) Mental Health Act (Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003, as amended by the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2015. Access at: Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2015

Scottish Government (2022) Creating Hope Together - Scotland’s suicide prevention strategy 2022 to 2032. Access at: https://www.gov.scot/policies/mental-health/suicide/

Scottish Government (2023a) Voice of the Infant: Best Practice Guidelines and Infant Pledge. Access at: Infant Pledge.

Scottish Government & COSLA (2023) Scotland’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy. Access at: Mental health and wellbeing strategy - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)]

Scottish Government (2023b) Core Mental Health Standards. Access at: Core mental health standards - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

Scottish Government (2023c) Getting it Right for Every Child (GIRFEC). Access at: Getting it right for every child (GIRFEC) - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

Scottish Government (2023d) Community Perinatal Mental Health Services: briefing paper for boards. Guidance for Delivering Effective Services recommendations on regional approaches to specialist community perinatal mental health service provision. Access at: Community Perinatal Mental Health Services: briefing paper for boards - gov.scot

Scottish Government (2023e) Roadmap for Creating Trauma-Informed and Responsive Change - Guidance for Organisations, Systems and Workforces in Scotland. Access at: Implementation - National Trauma Transformation Programme

Scottish Government (2024) UNCRC (incorporation) (Scotland) Act. Access at: United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2024 (legislation.gov.uk)

Stein A, Pearson RM, Goodman SH, Rapa E, Rahman A, McCallum M, Howard LM, Pariante CM. Effect of perinatal mental disorders on the fetus and child. Lancet 2014;384:1800-19

The Promise Scotland. (2020) The Promise (Independent Care Review). Access at: https://www.carereview.scot/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/The-Promise.pdf

The Royal College of Psychiatrists Centre for Quality Improvement (2023) Standards for Community Perinatal Mental Health Services. Access at: Royal College of Psychiatrists Centre for Quality Improvement (CCQI) Standards for Community Perinatal Mental Health Services

The Royal College of Psychiatrists Centre for Quality Improvement (2024) Standards for Perinatal Mental Health Inpatient Services. Access at: Standards for Perinatal Inpatient Services

The Royal College of Psychiatrists (2021) Perinatal Mental Health Services: Recommendations for the provision of services for childbearing women. Access at: Royal College of Psychiatrists Council Report 232

United Nations Children’s Fund UK. (2017) Guide to the UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative Standards, 2nd ed. London: UNICEF.

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