Labour MP to push for better maternal mental health care after friend’s suicide | Postnatal depression
new exhaustion On Wednesday, MP in Parliament will talk about her friend’s suicide after only 10 weeks of birth – although the girlfriend has repeatedly asked for help.
Laura Kirk Smith, Aylesbury deputy, will invite more mental health support in maternity services.
Kyrke-Smith The Guardian told that she was determined to use her time in Parliament to pressure to change the memory of her friend Sophie, a mother of three young girls, who died when she was only two months old.
In a discussion in the Westminster Hall on Wednesday, Kirk Smith will say that her friend was a very talented woman with a first -class Cambridge with a profession in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but she entered the cycle of anxiety after the birth of her third child.
She said that the husband was in regular contact with WhatsApp after birth, when Sophie was concerned about feeding her child.
“I took herself to A & E with concerns about eating baby’s milk-I think in the past was a reflection of my friend’s concern more than feeding her child-spent the night there,” Kyrke-Smith will tell the deputies.
I went out after one night. I don’t know whether or how her mental health was evaluated. But the next day, her messages were very sad. Two days later, she took her private life. “
After the discussion, Kyrke-Smith said she hoped to study whether there are any improvements that can be made on the mental health bill, which is now in the House of Lords. Suicide is the main cause of the mother’s death from six weeks to a year after birth.
Kirkik Smith said that her victory in the sudden elections-the majority of her is 630-made it designed to make an impact on this issue.
She said: “Since I lost Sophie, she is aware of the challenges of mental health of mothers, but to what extent they get a little attention to the physical challenges of pregnancy and childbirth in the first year after birth.”
“I knew that I wanted to change this if I was elected to Parliament. I want to do correctly by Sophie and I want to make sure that other women get the support that they need and deserve.”
In her speech, Kyrke-SMTH will say that improvements have been made in recent years, including an increase in mental health services in the period of childbirth for women who have the most complex issues throughout England. But she said that the sponsorship remained “the postal code lotion” with deprived women more likely to miss.
The deputy said that she was calling for four steps for the government to consider promoting mental health surrounding childbirth, including protecting the care of the mother who specializes in severe cases as part of NHS A five -year plan for mental health, and a better integration of mental health care in all routine communication during pregnancy and after birth, with a priority for mental health in the same way as physical health.
You will say that there should be a renewed focus on community support, saying that she believes that the Covid-19 pandemic contributed to her friend’s feeling of isolation, and that there should be a mission to help friends and families to build awareness to help mothers struggle.
The Minister of Welfare, Stephen Kenok, was expected to respond to the discussion, which Kirk Smith said was exaggerated with the deputies in the hope of speaking.
Kyrke-Smth is supported by the coalition for the mother mindset health. “Often, mental health support is seen as an additional luxury and not an integral part of maternity care. Karen Middleton, head of campaigns, said.” Mental health problems of mothers are treatmentable, and the correct support can be a variable life, and even saving life. “
