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By Your Side – Perinatal Mental Health Support

By Your Side offers peer support to parents in Coventry & Warwickshire experiencing difficulties with their mental health in pregnancy or following the birth of a child.

They offer flexible support to suit you, with no referral criteria. You don’t need to already be receiving support from services or even have a diagnosis.

If you feel you would benefit from our one to one peer support then you can be referred by your GP, midwife, health visitor, other healthcare professional or social prescriber for this service. This would enable you to be matched with a trained peer supporter who lives locally and has had a similar experience to you. They can provide support to you by text message, email, phone or in person to suit you.

If you feel you would benefit from meeting other parents who are experiencing mental health difficulties to some degree then pop along to their stay and play in Warwick on a Monday to chat to trained peer supporters, meet other parents and have a hot drink and a biscuit. These are drop in and free of charge to attend. You don’t need to book but if you feel nervous about attending do get in touch, and they can help to make this easier – attending a group for the first time is never easy!

Groups will shortly be starting in Bedworth Heath, Nuneaton, Rugby and Coventry – follow the Facebook page for update and more information.

 

 

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South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust runs a confidential secure text messaging service for parents of children aged 0-5 years called ChatHealth. The service operates Monday to Friday between 9am and 5pm, excluding bank holidays. All texts will be responded to by a health visitor within 24 hours. Outside of the service working hours, you’ll receive a message back to inform you that your text will be responded to once the service reopens.

  • Warwickshire Health Visiting Service:

    text

    07520 615293
  • For contact phone numbers navigate to:

    the services tab then 'Your health visiting service'.

Should you require urgent health advice in the meantime, please contact your GP, visit an NHS walk-in centre or call NHS 111. For emergencies, dial 999 or visit A&E.

This page was last reviewed on 04-01-2022

This page will be next reviewed on 04-01-2025