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.