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    Perinatal

    Faculty meetings are open to everyone with an interest in perinatal mental health including perinatal psychiatrists, psychiatrists from all specialties with an interest in this area, specialty doctors, core and higher trainees.

    Faculty meetings are quarterly with regular peer support meetings held online, all are welcome to join.

    Contact the Faculty

    Chair: Selena Gleadow-Ware

    Vice-Chair: Gavin Philipson

    Office contact: Susan Richardson

    Update

    Please see the latest Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Programme Board 2020-2021 delivery plan which was released on 3 July 2020.

    The latest community standards for perinatal mental health services have also been released and the Perinatal Mental Health Network Scotland is also due to shortly release guidance for service development, which will be particularly useful, especially for areas that are currently underserved. They are helpful guides and standards for supporting your efforts to develop perinatal services in Scotland.

    Faculty information

    Please get in touch with us if there are issues you would like us to raise as a professional group. How are your services and ways of working currently being affected? Are there any resources you would like to share with Faculty members?

    Some Faculty members have expressed an interest in offering to be mentors for colleagues - would you like to have a mentor or be a mentor? Please email (details as below) to discuss.

    Perinatal Faculty meetings

    If you know anyone who is not currently involved in the Perinatal Faculty but would like to join, please contact Susan Richardson.

    Resources

    Media coverage

    Members from the Perinatal Faculty appear regularly in the media, commenting on issues around mental health services and new mothers/mothers-to-be. To find out more please visit our news centre. 

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