Source · Select Committees · Health and Social Care Committee
Recommendation 5
5
Deferred
Set actions to improve perinatal mental health access within Family Hubs for ethnic minority women.
Recommendation
The Government should set out what actions it will take to improve access to perinatal mental health care within Family Hubs, supported by specific targets to improve access for women from ethnic minority backgrounds who have disproportionately poorer mental health outcomes. (Recommendation, Paragraph 33)
Government response summary AI-generated
The government defers specific actions and targets for improving access to perinatal mental health care within Family Hubs to forthcoming long-term strategies, including the 10 Year Workforce Plan and a professional strategy for nursing and midwifery due in spring 2026. It explicitly states it cannot commit to specific numbers at this stage.
Government Response
The government responded to this report on 22 April 2026. No passage in that response could be matched to this recommendation. Read the response document ↗