Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 18 October 2022

Joint Committee On Health

Issues Relating to Perinatal Mental Health: Discussion

Dr. Margo Wrigley:

As Dr. Ní Longphuirt said, public health nurses are absolutely key. One of the things we did do through the programme last year was work with one of public health nursing units to develop guidelines on how public health nurses, like midwives in the maternity services, would routinely ask women about their mental health when they see them for the routine visits. There are not enough visits, as the Deputy said, but they would ask about their mental health and it is important-----

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