Lincolnshire Wellbeing and Recovery College is currently commissioned by the Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board (LICB) to provide peer support groups and educational sessions for people with mild to moderate mental health and wellbeing challenges within the perinatal period (either expecting a child or with a child up to two years of age). These sessions have supplemented the more specialist services provided by our Perinatal Mental Health Service, which supports people with more complex mental health needs.
However, this support for those with mild to moderate concerns was only intended to be short-term measure and now, due to a lack of take-up for the support, LPFT and LICB have jointly decided to stop providing these sessions in the future.
The virtual mild to moderate education sessions developed through this project will continue to be available on the College’s website where there is an identified need, and the team also continues to provide a wide range of programmes for people who want to learn about improving their wellbeing and living well with mental health issues.
The final four-week peer support programme for those with mild to moderate concerns will continue until 28 November 2025, after which time this peer support group will be stepped down.
Alternative mental health support for new parents is available from Lincolnshire Talking Therapies, another service provided by LPFT, and parents of children aged up to 24 months are prioritised for treatment. People can either be referred to this service by a GP, or they can self-refer via the Lincolnshire Talking Therapies website.
In addition, information on the help and advice available in Lincolnshire for everyone during pregnancy, when giving birth and during the first two years of a child’s life and beyond, can be found on the Start for Life pages of Lincolnshire County Council’s website.
