Perinatal mental health
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Healthwatch Warwickshire report on 56 Warwickshire residents who completed the Healthwatch England survey on perinatal mental health.
Six of the 56 respondents (11%) from Warwickshire who shared their experiences said they hadn’t received the six to eight-week check. Of those who said they had been offered the postnatal check, 27% were satisfied with the time their GP in Warwickshire spent talking to them about their mental health.
Over a third of respondents felt that the GP did not spend enough time talking to them about their mental health, while 24%, said that their GP didn’t mention this during the check. (13% of Warwickshire respondents did not answer this question)
7%, 4 out of the 56 Warwickshire respondents, said they had their six-week check over the phone. Two of these rated the overall quality of mental health support given by their GP as Poor and one rated it as Very poor. (The fourth did not give a rating)
44% said they would rate the quality of mental health support provided by Midwives in Warwickshire as Good or Very good