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Waiting List update

The waiting list for our funded service will be closed from Thursday 30th July 2026. We will update you about if and when we are able to re-open it. In the meantime, we have opened up to self-referrals.

Self Referral

Health care professionals

If you are a health care professional with a patient who you think may benefit from psychological therapy for mental or emotional health difficulties relating to their experience of pregnancy, birth or early parenting, you can refer them to our service.

They must have an infant under 2 years of age and be living in the Scottish Borders area. They will be put on a waiting list and offered an assessment session as soon as possible. After assessment, if the service is right for them, they will be offered up to 12 sessions in a block. Each session lasts around 1 hour.

As the referrer you will be kept updated on where your patient sits within our service and we may work with you in order to reach a patient who may find it difficult to access the service.

We aim to offer an assessment within 8 weeks of receiving the referral, however, our waiting list is often longer and currently sits at around 12 weeks. A block of sessions will be offered within 3 weeks of the assessment.

It is important that a patient is not engaged with any other psychological therapy while they are receiving support from us as this may cause confusion and have a detrimental effect on the work.

If you would like more information on the process, get in touch.

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Can I request a referral?

You can make a referral if you are a:
GP
Health Visitor
Midwife
NHS Healthcare worker

*The Waiting list for our funded service will be closed on Thursday 30th July 2026. We will update you about if and when we are able to re-open it. In the meantime, we have opened up to self-referrals.

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"1. I have been a Health Visitor within the Scottish Borders for the past 10 years and in this time, your service has developed significantly to provide high quality specialist support to so many parents that we look after. The knowledge and skill of your therapists is exceptional and without question I have had 100% positive feedback from all of the parents that I have referred… there is no other service locally that supports parents who are experiencing significant mental ill health, and no other service that works alongside us so effectively."

"PMH Borders is invaluable to both practitioners and families within our Borders area."

"The PMH Borders service is absolutely invaluable to the well-being and mental health of our mothers’ which inevitably has a knock on effect to babies/children and their care. The service has improved and undoubtedly prevented further deterioration of women’s mental health"

"The communication and joint working with the PMH service is second to none and works extremely well. "

"It is of great relief that we have such a compassionate and capable, person-centred service which we can refer to if needed, for I cannot accurately represent the professional unease that arises from acknowledging a fundamental need but without a service to provide the appropriate support."

"We can always rely on their specialist knowledge, training and experience, and their nurturing and approachable way to reach these families in the way they need at that time. "

"From the very early months of my many years Health Visiting in NHS Borders I have always maintained that no parent who has engaged with PMH Borders (or then PND Borders as formerly known) has had anything other than the very best things to say about the service"

"PND Borders provide is invaluable to Mums who have experience of low mood and anxiety following birth. Sadly, this is increasing in incidence and we have no other service that offers such a response and approach to supporting these women. Many of these women would not meet the criteria for specialist MH services and as such would be left with deteriorating health and negative impacts on the health and wellbeing of their children."

"The team are extremely professional and will liaise with other health professionals, reaching out where there are concerns over the safety of the mother or child and yet give the utmost respect to the patient’s privacy. Every member of the team is approachable, courteous and seeks to provide the best to the mother and her family. "

"PMH Borders provide critical support to local families."

"I regularly refer to them as those best placed to help. The mothers I refer greatly benefit from the safe space and confidentiality offered by the team at PMH Borders."