Hospitals have no units to admit new mother and her baby if she has mental health illness

Hospitals have no units to admit new mother and her baby if she has mental health illness

Michelle Daly Hayes with son Luke as a baby. 'Those supports need to be available to every woman who needs them.'

New research from the National Women's Council (NWC) has shone a light on the gap in perinatal mental health services.

It found that there isn't a single hospital unit in the country where a new mother and her baby could be admitted together if she is facing severe mental illnesses.

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