Northamptonshire will be one of ten locations in the country to pilot a new maternal mental health service this spring.
Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (NHFT) will be providing this new service that aims to support women experiencing mental health conditions relating to the birth experience. This includes birth trauma, fear of childbirth – known as tokophobia – or pregnancy loss (still birth, miscarriage or neonatal death).
The support will be given in the form of assessments and specialist psychological interventions during the trial as part of the NHS Long Term Plan on a pilot site throughout 2021 and 2022.
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Service Manager for Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Service at NHFT, Carly Galpin, said: “It is great news that Northamptonshire has been selected as one of ten pilot locations in the country to deliver the new Maternal…
