Mental health issues related to pregnancy (FOI)

​Request

A

Please confirm the number of women who were diagnosed and referred with any mental health issues related to pregnancy in 2023. 

B

Please confirm the numbers of women diagnosed with the same conditions but in previous years going back to 2003.

Response

​A and B

There were 113 referrals to the ‘Perinatal Pathway’ centre of care in 2023 (Data Source: Community Services electronic client record system).

The number of unique service users each year, from 2012 to 2023, is detailed in the attached table.

Attachment - Perinatal Pathway Annual Service Use.pdf​

Data is not available in a central record to report annual figures for years prior to 2012. Article 3 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 applies.

Article Applied

Article 3 - Meaning of “information held by a public authority”

For the purposes of this Law, information is held by a public authority if –

(a)     it is held by the authority, otherwise than on behalf of another person; or

(b)     it is held by another person on behalf of the authority.