About us
Executive committee
| Member | Year of joining | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Dr Joanne Black | 2020 (E) | Chair |
| Dr Cressida Manning | 2020 (E) | Vice Chair |
| Dr Zeyn Green-Thompson | 2022 (E) | Financial Officer |
| Dr Jelena Jankovic | 2021 | Academic Secretary |
| Dr Kate Adlington | 2022 (C) | Higher Trainee Representative |
| Dr Julie Anderson | 2022 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Giles Berrisford | 2022 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Marisa Casanova Dias | 2022 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Victoria Chamorro | 2022 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Sarah Cohen | 2020 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Jennifer Cooke | 2020 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Manal El-Maraghy | 2020 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Tatjana Fawzi | 2022 (C) | Higher Trainee Representative |
| Prof. David Foreman | 2022 (E) | Committee Member |
| Ms Kemeta George | 2020 (A) | Patient Representative |
| Dr Selena Gleadow Ware | 2020 (C) | Scotland |
| Dr Janine Griffiths | 2020 (C) | SAS Doctor Representative |
| Dr Rina Gupta | 2022 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Rebecca Horne | 2022 (C) | Committee Member |
| Ms Leanne Howlett | 2020 (A) | Patient Representative |
| Dr Zainab Imam | 2020 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Chrishanthy Jayarajah | 2020 (E) | Committee Member |
| Miss Karen Joash | 2021 (C) | RCOG Representative |
| Prof. Ian Jones | 2020 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Clare Lamb | 2019 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Livia Martucci | 2018 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Lynsey McAlpine | 2022 (C) | Higher Trainee Representative |
| Ms Karen Middleton | 2019 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Judith O'Neill | 2023 (C) | Northern Ireland |
| Dr Mireia Pujol-Aymerich | 2019 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Divya Sakhuja | 2020 (C) | Wales |
| Dr Trudi Seneviratne | 2020 (C) | Immediate Past Chair |
| Dr Sushma Sundaresh | 2022 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Sarah Taha | 2022 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Thanos Tsoumpris | 2019 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Salina Van Rhijn | 2022 (E) | Committee Member |
Our aims
- To promote the subject of perinatal psychiatry within the College
- To provide a network of support and information for interested psychiatrists
- To promote the provision of services for childbearing women with mental health problems
- To develop educational opportunities for psychiatrists in training
- To foster research in the area of perinatal psychiatry
- To act as a resource for the College in its links with other related professional bodies, governmental organisations and the public.
Our priorities
- Education, training and CPD
- Define and promote competencies for perinatal consultants
- Clinical service development and policy
- Promote the development of perinatal managed care networks in all areas, as per NICE guidance, to support efficient service delivery along clear care pathways
- Develop guidance on safeguarding children in the context of perinatal psychiatry
- Lead the development of outcomes definitions and PBR relating to perinatal psychiatry, and closely monitor developments on commissioning
- Ensure perinatal and infant mental health is included in the public mental health agenda as it develops
- Workforce planning: maintain or increase the number of trainee perinatal psychiatrists.
- Set up a formal research network.
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