Maternity and Perinatal Mental Health PMHNS Maternity Lead Update - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Maternity and Perinatal Mental Health PMHNS Maternity Lead Update Ms Shona McCann #PMHNScotland

Overview • PMHN Maternity Pathways • Regional Collaboration • Developing Maternity Expertise • Looking forward

PMHN Maternity Care Pathways Regional Maternity Events What services and training midwives require to meet the mental health needs of mothers and infants What PMH Maternity Care Pathways should be used in NHS Scotland Whether there is a benefit to developing a specialist role for some midwives in relation to PMH

PMHN Maternity Care Pathways Goals of Maternity Events Consensus around desirability and potential roles for midwives in relation to PMH.. -Standard Role Profiles Adequate Baseline Knowledge and Confidence and Clarity in accessing -Agreed educational prep and CPD Skills PMH advice and care for women -Agreed Practice Supervision -Agreed scope of practice including standard activity output

PMHN Maternity Pathways • Ensure midwifery colleagues in rural areas are included in the process by facilitating consultation by VC • Developed a survey to understand the process for developing a specialist midwife • Meeting with Heads Of Midwifery to consult on specialist roles

Regional Collaboration • The network has welcomed the opportunity to meet with the North of Scotland Perinatal Mental Health Regional Network and share with colleagues the networks strategic aims and discover the work that has been undertaken in the North of Scotland. • The North of Scotland’s aim is to raise awareness of perinatal and infant mental health needs in the North including areas of Highlands, Shetland, Orkney, Grampian, Moray, Tayside and Stornoway. -

Regional Collaboration -Minister of Mental Health Mrs Maureen Watt’s visit to NHS Grampian in Dec 2017 -”Midwifery in Scotland-into the 2020s”

Developing Maternity Expertise • Providing expert advice to boards who are recruiting Specialist PMH Midwives • Providing support and advice for Specialist PMH Midwives currently in post • Providing support and advice for midwifery colleagues across Scotland, Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK who are interested in developing a PMH service

Looking Forward • Mapping and Gapping • Best Start Implementation Group (working together on action points from BS) • Badgernet PMH National User Group • Continue to engage with midwives across the country • VC Maternity Event for midwives in rural areas

Looking Forward • Develop a paper for boards re specialist midwives, working with heads of midwifery • Work alongside RCM to establish national PMH midwives forum • Scottish Maternity and Midwifery Festival • Looking at development of services in remote/rural/low population density areas

Thank you……. Shonamccann@nhs.net