Maternity Services: Coronavirus

(asked on 1st June 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what postnatal care is available to new parents during the covid-19 outbreak.


Answered by
Nadine Dorries Portrait
Nadine Dorries
This question was answered on 8th June 2020

Guidance from the Royal College of Midwives and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists sets out that postnatal care should be regarded as essential care and women should be encouraged to attend appointments. NHS England and NHS Improvement have been working with local government to modify and prioritise community health services. Maternity and health visiting services are continuing to deliver the healthy child programme predominantly via virtual methods, with health visitors encouraged to identify children that require a home visit.

Mental health providers are also looking at how they can maximise the use of digital and virtual channels to keep delivering support to existing and new service users.

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