The Maternal Mental Health Alliance MMHA. is undertaking a freedom of information request to all mental health trusts to understand funding for specialist perinatal mental health community teams across the UK.
Please could you provide information for the four questions below?
If you have any questions about this request please contact Antonia Woodman antonia@maternalmentalhealthalliance.org.. 1. What budget was allocated to each specialist community perinatal mental health team in your ICS/health board/ trust in the following years:
Name of team/area 2020/21 2021/22 2022/2023
Perinatal Service £673,993 £874,111 £1,365,753 N.B. These figures represent the direct operational team budget, excluding management, locality & corporate overhead costs.
2. How much did your ICS/health board/ trust actually spend on each specialist community perinatal mental health teams in the following years:
Name of team/area 2020/21 2021/22
Perinatal Service £917,000 £1,213,000 N.B. These figures represent the reported total cost of the service, including operational, management and locality & corporate overhead costs.
3. What is the projected spend in your ICS/health board/ trust for each specialist community perinatal mental health teams in the following year:
Name of team/area 2022/23
Perinatal Service £1,210,753 N.B. This is direct operational team spend, excluding management, locality & corporate overhead costs.
4. Is there is any difference between funding allocated for 2022/23 question 1. and projected spend question 3.?
Name of team/area No difference Yes, difference is mainly i.e. more than 50%. due to unfilled posts? Yes, difference is due to other reasons please explain why. Perinatal Service £155,000
FOI Request
I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information from Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Trust.
Please may you provide me with the following information:
1. The budget allocated to each specialist community perinatal mental health team in your ICS/health board/ trust in the following years – 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23
2. How much your ICS/health board/ trust actually spent on each specialist community perinatal mental health teams in the following years - 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23
3. The projected spend in your ICS/health board/ trust for each specialist community perinatal mental health teams in the year 2022/23
4. Whether there is any difference between funding allocated for 2022/23 question 1. and projected spend question 3.? If so, is this mainly i.e. more than 50%. due to unfilled posts? If not, please explain the other reasons for the difference. Please provide the information in the attached spreadsheet format. If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to the information exceeding the cost of compliance limits identified in Section 12, please provide advice and assistance, under the Section 16 obligations of the Act, as to how we can refine our request.
If you have any queries, please don’t hesitate to contact me via email or phone and I will be very happy to clarify what I am asking for and discuss the request.