Perinatal Mental Health Team

The Perinatal Mental Health Service (PNMH) is open to women who are registered with a GP practice in the Hull, East Riding, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire areas who are in the perinatal period (during pregnancy and up to 12 months post- delivery).

If you would like to make a referral to the Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Liaison Team, please download and complete the referral form and email it to hnf-tr.perinatalmentalhealthteam@nhs.net

This referral for is for professionals only. If you are struggling or need support with your mental health please speak to your GP, Midwife or Health Visitor who will make the appropriate referral.

The Team

The team consists of:

Advanced and Specialist Nurses
Perinatal Consultant Psychiatrists
Speciality Doctors
Cognitive Behaviour Therapists
An Occupational Therapist
A Social Worker
Nursery Nurses

The service is available to women who require specialist assessment and interventions for a moderate to severe mental health problem.

These include:

Moderate to severe post-natal depression
Anxiety disorders including obsessive compulsive disorder and panic disorder
Eating disorders
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Severe mental illnesses including schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder and bipolar affective disorder
Postpartum psychosis
Severe self-harm
Suicidal thoughts

The service will also provide the following:

Woman with pre-existing serious mental illness in pregnancy will usually be under the care of adult mental health services. The PNMH Team will either advise on management and treatment or co-work with the existing mental health team, according to individual need and choice;
Mothers under the age of 18 if significant perinatal mental illness dominates their presentation and they are likely to be the baby’s principal carer. In these circumstances the assessment, treatment and management of a young mother should be undertaken in collaboration with CAMHS and social services where a need is identified;
Pre-conception advice to women with a diagnosis or vulnerability to develop a psychiatric illness considering a pregnancy;
A liaison service to maternity, primary care and psychiatric services;
Expert advice to non-specialist health professionals;
Assessment and care of pregnant women who are well but at risk of developing a serious mental illness following delivery;
Women with a family history of serious mental illness;
A serious and/or complex illness during pregnancy and the first postpartum year;
Women with a pre-existing serious/complex illness who become pregnant.

The service is provided in partnership with:

How to access the service

Discuss with professionals involved in your care such as your GP, Midwife or Health Visitor, who will be able to offer you support and refer you to an appropriate service.

Alternatively you can request a referral to the service by contacting the following teams:

If you are registered with a North Lincolnshire GP, please contact the Mental Health Access Team on 01724 382015.

If you are registered with a North East Lincolnshire GP, please contact the Single Point of Access on 01472 256256.

Contact Details

Tel: 01482 336837

Location/Directions

Perinatal Team
Department of Psychological Medicine
Hawthorne Court
St Mary’s Lane
Beverley
HU17 7AS

Privacy Notice for Patients

To make sure you receive the best possible care, records are kept about your health and social care needs and any treatment or services we provide. These can be kept both electronically and on paper. This information will be used to manage the care you receive within the Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Service. Others in the NHS may also need to use information about you to:

Review the care we provide to ensure it is of the highest standard and quality
Protect the health of the general public
Manage the health service and ensure services can meet future patient needs
Investigate patient queries, complaints and legal claims
Ensure the Trust receives payment for the care you receive
Prepare statistics on NHS performance
Audit NHS accounts and services
Undertake health research and development
Helping to train and educate healthcare professionals. For these purposes we use anonymous data wherever possible.

Everyone working within the health and social care service has a legal duty to keep information about you confidential.

We will not share information unless:

You give us specific permission
We have to share by law
We have good reason to believe that failing to share the information will put your or someone else at risk of serious harm or abuse
We hold information that is essential to prevent, detect, investigate or punish a serious crime.Accurate information is vital to providing care. If any of your details have changed, please inform a member of staff involved in your care. The Trust is part of the National Records Locator Service (NRLS). The NRLS tells other health organisations e.g. the Ambulance Service or NHS 111 if you are currently receiving a mental health service and gives a Trust contact number for further information to help them treat you. Please speak to your key worker if you would like this information in Braille, LARGE PRINT, audio or another language.
If you have any further enquiries, please contact the Trust’s Data Protection Officer, Lisa Davies on telephone number 01482 477854 or email : HNF-TR.IGTeam@nhs.net.
View a more detailed privacy notice online at http://www.humber.nhs.uk/data-protection.htm. You can also get a paper copy from any Trust Reception Desk.
If you would like to know more about how we use your information or if you do not wish to have your information used in any of the ways described in this leaflet, please raise with a member of staff involved in your care. Your care will not be affected if you wish to do this.
You have the right of access to information we hold about you. If you want to see your records please speak to a member of staff involved in your care.