Part of 2. Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services – in the Senedd at 2:55 pm on 15 June 2022.
Diolch, Weinidog. New mothers have had a really tough couple of years. The pandemic has resulted in so many of them going through a lot of milestones alone, suffering from acute loneliness and isolation at what could otherwise have been a really happy time. I'd like to know, please, Minister, if an assessment has been made of the effects the pandemic has had on new parents and children born since 2020. How has not being able to see people face to face affected them, what about the impact of staffing changes, and how has the work of community perinatal health teams been impacted, or health visitors? And finally, Minister, what work is being undertaken now to make sure that new parenthood is a time that all parents can cherish?