Dr. Eithne N? Longphuirt:

I do not have the best practice standards off the top of my head. There are best practice standards from the UK but I would have to find them. I do not want to misquote them. One of the foremost pieces is around training and awareness and upskilling staff with regard to LGBT+, in particular. That does not just mean the perinatal teams. All of the staff in maternity hospitals need support and training, because there will be more and more people from that community who need to be supported and to be treated equally, yet differently. They have had disproportionate amounts of mental health difficulties and suicidality, by comparison with the general population, and all of the research says they have had difficulties accessing health services in general in this country and internationally. We need to care for that population but the foremost piece is around training and support of staff as a start.