Submitted on Thursday 30th June 2022
Rejected on Tuesday 5th July 2022
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Fund Breastfeeding Peer Support within Perinatal Mental Health Teams.
There is an established link between breastfeeding and perinatal mental health. Yet breastfeeding peer support is not included in the NHS Long Term Plan. We would like to see funding for breastfeeding peer support within perinatal mental health teams across the UK.
If a mother wishes to breastfeed and it is going well, this is can be protective of her mental health. It gives affirmation of capabilities and a sense of belonging. Breastfeeding also protects mothers when they are depressed by protecting the parent-infant relationship.
However, the inability to breastfeed can cause guilt and trauma, and can exacerbate postnatal depression, anxiety and OCD, especially when the choice is out of the mother’s control.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
We can only accept petitions about things the Government or Parliament are directly responsible for.
Decisions about the services provided by perinatal mental health teams are an operational matter for the NHS and individual NHS trusts, not the UK Government or Parliament.
We could accept a petition calling on the Government to fund breastfeeding peer support through the NHS, but it would be up to the NHS and individual NHS Trusts how to deliver this.
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