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Postnatal Depression

Asked by Kirith EntwistleLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 20 May 2025UIN 51579

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many times were the partners of women diagnosed with postnatal depression (a) engaged with and (b) assessed for their mental health by NHS mental health services in the most recent 12 month per

Answered by Stephen Kinnock

NHS England collects some management data on the mental health service offers made to partners. However, this data is not centrally validated.

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