Committee

Dr Clare Macdonald
Chair
Dr Macdonald is a GP in Leicester and a PhD student at University of Birmingham, researching the GP 6-8 week maternal postnatal check and how it can be improved. She is interested in infant feeding and postnatal care.

Dr Becky MacGregor
Deputy Chair
Dr MacGregor is a GP working in Warwickshire, an NIHR Doctoral Fellow and a case assessor for MBRRACE-UK. She is researching how to improve community-based care for women and partners who have experienced stillbirth or second trimester miscarriage.

Dr Rehana Meeajan
Membership Secretary
Dr Meeajan is a GP in London and a PhD student at University College London, researching biosocial aspects of perinatal health inequalities. She has interests in infant feeding, allergy and medical education.

Dr Louise Santhanam
Secretary
Dr Santhanam is a GP in London with an interest in perinatal mental health and infant feeding. She has co-developed educational resources and guidance on perinatal topics for GPs and has previously worked on enhancing local perinatal services.

Dr Judy Shakespeare
Committee Member
Dr Shakespeare is a retired GP. She is passionate about postnatal care and perinatal mental health.

Dr Anu
Jacob
Committee Member
Dr Jacob is a GP in London. She is passionate about representing primary care as part of a holistic perinatal approach. She is Maternity Clinical Lead for SWL ICS and co-hosts the London maternal postnatal check webinar series.

Dr Victoria Silverwood
Committee Member
Dr Silverwood is a GP in Macclesfield, Cheshire and a PhD student at Keele Medical School. Her thesis is based around interventions for perinatal anxiety. She is passionate about providing high quality perinatal care that is tailored to individual women.

Dr Elizabeth Daprè
First 5 Representative
Dr Daprè is a GP and NIHR Clinical Fellow in Greater Manchester. She has a special interest in improving interventions for the modification of risk factors for high-risk pregnancies throughout the preconception and antenatal period, with a particular focus in diabetes, cardiometabolic medicine, and improving health inequality.

Dr Kirsty Biggs
GP Registrar Representative
Dr Biggs is a GPST2 and NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow at QMUL. She has a BSc in Reproductive and Developmental Science and a special interest in infant feeding, with a focus on education and improving the medical curriculum.
GPCPC Committee October 2024
With thanks to past GPCPC Committee Members: Dr Kathy Smith, Dr Sarah Hillman, Dr Julia Darko, Dr Suresha De Almeida