Access and engagement with maternity, social care and mental health services for perinatal migrant women with no recourse to public funds and irregular status: A cross-sectional study using the eLIXIR born in South London, UK, maternity-child data li
Migrants with NRPF or unknown visa status face persistent barriers to maternity and mental health care. Inclusive reforms are needed to address inequity.
Authors
- Amelia Jewell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0887-2159)
- Kerrie Stevenson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5881-1402)
- Finola Higgins
- Zenab Barry
- Leonardo de Jongh
- Jane Sandall
- David John Edwards (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9727-6000)
- Lucilla Poston (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1100-2821)
- Andy Jolly (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5903-115X)
- S.E. Spring (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1586-4875)
- Kirsty Kitchen
- Michael Absoud (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0577-1897)
- Matthew Broadbent
- Tisha Dasgupta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7874-9519)
- Kaat De Backer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5202-2808)
- Natasha Baker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6805-9568)
- Sam Burton
- Dr Hannah Rayment-Jones
- Ingrid Wolfe
- Zoe Vowles
- Cristina Fernandez-Turienzo
- Carolyn Gill
- Laura A. Magee
- Amanda Grey
- Claire A. Wilson
- Robert Stewart
- Toyin Kazeem
- Judith Rankin
- Cheryl Gillett
- Lucy Pickard
- Mark Ashworth
Institutions
- Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (GB)
- King's College London (GB)
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Edinburgh College (GB)
- London Cancer (GB)
- King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- King's College School (GB)
- Evelina London Children's Healthcare (GB)
- Elixir Medical (United States) (US)
- University College London (GB)
- Liverpool John Moores University (GB)
- Barnardo's (GB)
- University of Birmingham (GB)
- Newcastle University (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Public Health
- Published
- 2026-02-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2026.106175
- Primary Topic
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- Department of Health and Social Care
- King's College London
- Liverpool John Moores University
- Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London
- NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre
- Medical Research Council
- National Institute for Health Research Applied Research Collaboration South London