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There are "huge gaps" in support and care for the mental health of new mothers by the NHS in England, a parenting charity has said.
The National Childbirth Trust said one in 10 mothers experienced post-natal depression but too often there was "no care, or very little care".
It said just 3% of clinical commissioning groups had a peri-natal mental health strategy in place.
Its research was based on freedom of information requests to 194 CCGs.
Of those CCGs with no strategy in place, 60% said they had no plans to establish one.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-28182375
The National Childbirth Trust said one in 10 mothers experienced post-natal depression but too often there was "no care, or very little care".
It said just 3% of clinical commissioning groups had a peri-natal mental health strategy in place.
Its research was based on freedom of information requests to 194 CCGs.
Of those CCGs with no strategy in place, 60% said they had no plans to establish one.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-28182375