Our Aims

Our main aim is to provide better perinatal care in primary care through guidance and education.

Our Aims are

To promote mutual support and education (both within our group and to other health care professionals), using the knowledge and experience of our members
To promote evidence-based care, unbiased by commercial interest
To view maternal and infant mental and physical health as interdependent
To reach out to other GPs who are interested in perinatal care
To raise the profile of GPs within maternity care by representing the interests of our group in national and international fora
To create change within General Practice and within other healthcare professions to recognise the central importance of GPs in maternity care, through action and collaboration
To grow future leaders within primary care
To promote the work of not-for-profit organisations which share our aims
To actively encourage multidisciplinary working between primary care professionals, secondary care and the voluntary and community sectors to put the interests of women and families at the centre of their care

A professional body or healthcare licensing body
Affiliated with any political party or political movement
Associated with the pharmaceutical industry, breast milk substitutes and baby food industry
Charging for information it provides
A charity