Perinatal Mental Health

You said… perinatal mental health services were difficult to access

We did… built stronger links within the North Kirklees MVP with perinatal mental health services to enable better access to the pathway to care for local women

Perineal Trauma

You said… not enough information was given about perineal trauma prior to, and following birth

We did… working with all North Kirklees MVP members created a survey which was completed by 212 women about their experiences and produced ‘mum to mum’ resources to support women with any kind of perineal trauma

Smoking

You said… smoking outside local hospitals shouldn’t happen

We did… North Kirklees MVP worked with Mid Yorkshire NHS Trust to implement new stop smoking initiatives outside the local hospitals