Six-week checkup would help the 50% of UK mothers with mental health problems
New mothers should receive a mental health checkup six weeks after giving birth to help tackle possible postnatal depression and other problems related to having a baby, ministers are being urged.
A cross-party group of 60 MPs and peers have written to Steve Brine, the minister for public health and primary care, demanding that all mothers in England start to undergo an assessment of their emotional and mental health carried out by a GP, practice nurse or health visitor.
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The maternal check is often either not done at all or is done in a hurry at the end of the baby check appointment
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