The Maternal Mental Health Alliance (MMHA) is a coalition of UK organisations committed to improving the mental health and wellbeing of women and their children in pregnancy and the first postnatal year. This acknowledges the extensive evidence that investing in mental health at this early stage can have a dramatic impact on long-term outcomes for mothers, fathers, children, families and society. Our vision is ‘to improve the lives of mothers and their infants’. We are motivated by the current shortfall in the quality, availability and accessibility of antenatal and postnatal mental health care and the lack of knowledge about this issue amongst health and social work professionals and the wider public.
The MMHA currently comprises over sixty organisations, including professional bodies such as Royal Colleges and organisations that represent, or provide care and support to, parents and families.
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Alain Gregoire: [email protected]
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For any organisation wishing to enquire about membership, please contact:
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‘to improve the lives of mothers and their infants’
Our Campaign
The MMHA is focusing on three routes to this improvement: awareness,
education and action. A key vehicle for joint effort by the Alliance is a
campaign calling for equitable access to high quality services for women with,
or at high risk of, mental illness in pregnancy and postnatally.
The Maternal Mental Health Alliance is delighted to launch the #everyonesbusiness
campaign. Pregnant women and new mothers in almost half of the UK do not have
access to specialist mental health services, potentially leaving them and their
babies at risk. Maps highlighting the gaps in provision are published on www.everyonesbusiness.org.uk
The #everyonesbusiness campaign,
funded by Comic Relief, aims to improve the lives of all women throughout the
UK who experience perinatal mental health problems, and will provide the key
information and tools to support commissioners and service providers to make
the necessary improvements..
