Delighted that the latest episode of the current series of Down In The Bumps, a perinatal mental health podcast, is now available to stream! Listen to Charlotte B’s Story here: spotify.link/v0vpJMui0Cb Ribblemere MBU Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust We Are LSCft Medical Education

Babies of Black ethnicity now have the highest rates of both stillbirth and neonatal death. Mortality rates for babies of Black and Asian ethnicity remain higher than for babies of White ethnicity across all five deprivation quintiles.

Allison Felker describes the characteristics of women who died, emphasising the contribution of cardiovascular causes, COVID-19 and thromboembolism. Maternal suicide remains the leading direct cause of death between 6 weeks and a year after the end of pregnancy.

📢New research on Autistic experiences of #breastfeeding and formula feeding: - Participants were highly motivated to breastfeed - sensory issues could be challenging - breastfeeding support was inadequate doi.org/10.1111/mcn.13… @AutisticUK @KatWilliams123 Prof Amy Brown 🕷🤱🐘

The Royal College of Psychiatrists welcomes the Supreme Court’s ruling against the Rwanda policy. Our President Lade Smith CBE says "people seeking asylum need specialist support" while they process trauma and rebuild their lives. rcpsych.ac.uk/news-and-featu…

The leap day babies are wearing little frog hats

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✨ this #MaternalMentalHealthWeek2024 we need you! ✨ We are planning on sharing recovery stories (and stories that are still being written❤️‍🩹) with our ladies, with staff and on our socials over MHHW from those who have spent time on Ribblemere. See below for more info 👇🏻🤱

I always learn so much from Sam Porter. Thank you for your fantastic talk. Royal College of Psychiatrists

The College estimates that up to 1,200 new mothers suffer from postpartum psychosis each year in England and Wales. To mark Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week, we're highlighting the importance of mental health before, during and after pregnancy. rcpsych.ac.uk/news-and-featu…

Hey, thats us! 🙋🏼‍♀️ We are ecstatic that the importance of maternal mental health is getting the coverage it deserves! Thank you to every person involved in getting this story out. Here’s to more awareness, and to lives changed for the better 🤱💪🏼💕

It's Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week! Our perinatal mental health leaflets, co-written by psychiatrists and patients, can provide your patients with the help and information they need, around a range of pregnancy-related mental health issues. Find out more. #MMHAW24

Thank you Steph for sharing this. It is wonderful to hear that you and your family are doing well! Lovely photo too 🌈

Contemporary Scottish painter Caroline Walker, who captures everyday aspects of women's lives #WomensArt

Annie Kenney (left)+ suffragette banner (c.1908), UK working-class suffragette of the Women's Social & Political Union. She and Christabel Pankhurst (right) were previously imprisoned for inaugurating more militant tactics for women's right to vote #WomensArt #ElectionJuly4

[1/5] The horrific murder of Carol, Hannah and Louise Hunt has left an entire nation in a state of disbelief and shock as an utterly devastating act of male violence.

Very happy to have completed training today! 🏆 Now a Consultant Perinatal Psychiatrist 👩🏻‍⚕️

Such an important paper from colleagues at BSMS Bruce BendyBrain: Dr Jessica Eccles & Seb Shaw (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈 Receiving an autism diagnosis was life-changing, deeply validating, allowed them to be their true authentic selves, improved mental health Accurate diagnosis matters #AutismNotPD