About Us

GPCPC (GPs Championing Perinatal Care) is a network of UK General Practitioners (GPs), who have volunteered their time to work collaboratively on quality improvement in the field of perinatal care in primary care

We consider that better perinatal care will reduce healthcare inequalities, improve women’s health in the shorter and longer term and reduce adverse childhood outcomes and experiences

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

Orginally Created: February 14, 2022
Updated on: January 15, 2025