Current members

The British Medical Association (BMA) is the trade union and professional body for 170,000 doctors in the UK.

We are led by a team of executive directors working towards objectives set by the BMA council.

Council sets overall policy which is informed by the needs of grassroots doctors, as determined by the BMA Representative Body, which itself is drawn from branch of practice and regional committees throughout the UK.

The British Psychological Society’s Faculty of Perinatal Psychology aims to promote the psychological well being of women and their families during pregnancy, childbirth and the postnatal period. It comprises representatives from a wide variety of clinical services, as well as members of the academic community. Its aims include: expanding the knowledge base; developing perinatal psychology services, linking and liaising with relevant training schemes and academic and professional bodies; and advising at local and national level on the development of relevant policy.

The British Society of Psychosomatic Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Andrology (BSPOGA), as its name suggests, is the only society with a name which literally means the mental (Greek, psyche) & physical (Greek soma) interactions of women’s (Obstetrics, Gynaecology) and men’s (Andrology) health.

BSPOGA’s objective is to encourage a better understanding and improved management of the psychosocial, emotional, and biological problems associated with pregnancy, birth and diseases of the reproductive organs in women and men, through education and training. This is relevant to the current needs of both the medical profession and the general public.

The society is a multidisciplinary charity and its membership is open to any person over the age of 18 years including members of the public. Current membership includes obstetricians & gynaecologists, general practitioners, psychiatrists, midwives, nurses, psychologists, counsellors, psychotherapists and students.

We are a Specialist Society of the Royal College of Obestetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG).

CRFR aims to produce high quality, collaborative research relevant to families and relationships. CRFR also promotes and facilitates a network for policy makers, practitioners, academics and the wider public interested in research in this area. Health is a key theme of our work, and perinatal mental health is acknowledgedas important. CRFR is a consortium research centre comprising the universities of Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Dundee, Glasgow, Glasgow Caledonian, Highlands & Islands and Stirling.

At Changing Lives we believe that everyone deserves the opportunity to reach their potential. We are experts in working with people experiencing the most challenging of circumstances, providing holistic support to help people to go on to lead happy, fulfilling lives. We work across four – often interconnected – areas to address the most common causes of social exclusion and long-term deprivation: Housing and Homelessness, Addiction and Recovery, Women and Children, and Employment and Training.

The Children and Young People’s Mental Health Coalition is a policy influencing and lobbying group whose main aim is speak up on behalf of children and young people aged from conception through to 25 years, and campaign for early intervention. Maternal mental health is key to good mental health in their children. We believe that all parents should have access to information with additional targeted support for vulnerable parents to promote babies’ emotional development.