Share Your Experiences with Perinatal Mental Health Services

We're conducting a survey to learn more about parents' experiences with their mental health and maternity services throughout the perinatal period.

The perinatal period, from pregnancy to the first year after birth, is a time of significant change for both mothers and partners. We've published two surveys to capture the experiences of parents accessing maternity and mental health services throughout this period.

We are looking to understand:

  • How people have experienced maternity mental health services.
  • What experiences during and after their pregnancies have impacted on their mental wellbeing.
  • How they have accessed support and what support they have found most helpful and why.
  • What could be improved in their maternity care experience to better support mental wellbeing and how mental health support services can be improved during and after pregnancy.

The surveys are open to people who are pregnant or have given birth in the last couple of years and the partners of people who are pregnant or have recently given birth, whether you have accessed mental health services or not.

Share your experiences and help provide a clearer picture of perinatal mental health care in Stoke-on-Trent.