The Maternal Mental Health Alliance (MMHA) is working with the Centre for Mental Health to explore the impact of COVID-19 on maternal mental health.
Funded by Comic Relief, they will be conducting a rapid evidence review of the impact of COVID-19 on maternal mental health and services.
The information gathered will be used to help positively impact maternal mental health services in the future. If you would like to get involved, please read on to find out how...
They will be exploring:
- What have been the greatest challenges for expectant mothers, mothers of young infants, their babies and partners over this period?
- Are there particular groups/cohorts of expectant mothers, mothers of young infants, their babies and partners who have experienced greater difficulty? And how are their needs being addressed (or not)?
- How have services from all sectors and across all four nations adapted to the challenges posed by the pandemic, lockdown, and ongoing restrictions?
- Are there lessons on provision that have been learned from this challenging time?
- What have been the greatest challenges to good quality care over this period, and which have been overcome (and how) and which have not?
Providing evidence
Centre for Mental Health are reviewing the national data, where this is available and accessible, and any published literature. However, they also want to hear directly from you. At this point, you can provide evidence in the following ways:
1. Attend a virtual evidence giving event
These will take place on 22 October, 27 October, 4 November and 6 November 2020
To attend an event, please complete this form and return to: [email protected]
There is also limited capacity for some one-to-one interviews, please request via the email address above.
2. Send in your written evidence
Please written statements of evidence of up to 1,000 words to: [email protected]
Please mark emails ‘Evidence for Maternal MH review’.
This call for evidence closes at 5pm Friday 6 November 2020.
To learn more, visit the Centre for Mental Health’s website.