Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 6:12 pm on 31 January 2018.
Yes. Thank you for that intervention. I think that's definitely something we should look at.
I wanted to end, again, echoing the themes that have come up this afternoon about the importance of the third sector and those voluntary groups we met, which, I think, were absolutely outstanding, like what's now called Perinatal Mental Health Cymru but which used to be called Recovery Mummy. It was set up by a constituent of mine, Charlotte Harding, and I know that the Cabinet Secretary has visited the Llandaff North hub where she operates. She set up the group in response to the lack of services available, and she herself has lived through postpartum psychosis, perinatal anxiety and depression. She has suffered and recovered from alcoholism, self-harm, agoraphobia and had an eight-year battle with eating disorders, and she openly talks about these huge difficulties that she's been through. And now, her organisation is offering a new mums friendship support group, mindfulness sessions, postnatal exercises and also one-to-one support for new dads.
She gave evidence to the committee about what a huge demand there is for her services. GPs are sending people to her, and yet this is a voluntary group, operating with absolutely no money. I think that is one of the biggest issues for me—that people in her position are in the best position to give that individual support to other people, other mothers, but they do need funding to do it. So, I would end, really, with a plea that these unique groups like Recovery Mummy, those are the groups that I think we need to put additional support into and to make them, essentially, a real part of the whole service.