Part of 2. Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services – in the Senedd at 2:59 pm on 15 June 2022.
Thank you, Janet, and you can be assured, absolutely, that this is a priority for Welsh Government. That's why we made the recurrent funding available, to establish perinatal mental health teams. They are up and running in all parts of Wales. I was very pleased to go and meet the perinatal team in Betsi, who are doing some really excellent work supporting families at what can be, as you say, a really challenging time in their lives. But we know that we need to do more, which is why we're continuing to prioritise investment in perinatal mental health services, and this is also a priority for things like Health Education and Improvement Wales's workforce plan. But we have made really good progress in terms of establishing those teams, and we will continue to prioritise our focus on perinatal mental health, because we recognise it's not just for the families; it's about giving babies the best possible start in life.