Perinatal and infant mental health programme board/Infant mental health implementation and advisory group final report

Summary of Achievements

• Delivery of the recommendations of Delivering Effective Services in partnership with The Women and Families Mental Health Pledge
• Creation of a multi-agency model of infant mental health provision to meet the needs of families experiencing significant adversity, including infant developmental difficulties, parental substance misuse, domestic abuse and trauma
• Increase from 4 to 14 Community Perinatal Mental Health Services, with enhanced staff levels and functionality
• Creation of 14 new Infant Mental Health Services, with 7 established and 7 in development
• Increase from 1 to 10 Maternity and Neonatal Psychological Intervention Services (enhanced staffing in 1, 7 new services created and 2 in development)
• Enhanced staffing in Mother and Baby Units including the appointment of parent-infant therapists and peer support workers
• Options appraisal to consider how to expand MBU provision
• Creation of Mother and Baby Unit Family Fund
• Increase from 1 to 3 nurse consultants in perinatal mental health to support development of a regional approach to service provision
• Enhancement of third sector infant and perinatal mental health provision through direct funding in partnership with Inspiring Scotland
• Increased awareness and tackling of stigma through Wellbeing for Wee Ones at ParentClub and contribution to the Babybox
• Workforce training across all areas in partnership with NHS Education for Scotland
• Development of peer support action plan and structures with implementation in 3 health boards
• Coproduction across all specialties including the development of the Voice of the Infant Best Practice Guidelines and Infant Pledge
• Development of a life-stage model of mental health care