Claim: 43% of health boards in England provide no specialised mental health service for new or expecting mothers.
Fact-check: Is there a shortage of maternal mental health services? - Full Fact
Verdict: this was correct in 2014 and is still about right. updated figures from the maternal mental health alliance show that 39% of clinical commissioning groups have no community mental health services for pregnant or new mothers. 19% had services which met royal college of psychiatrists standards.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Claire Milne
Date published: 2016-08-23T00:00:00