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British Association of Perinatal Medicine (BAPM)

British Association of Perinatal Medicine (BAPM)

London, England, United Kingdom

Although in 1972, the British Paediatric Association (BPA) publication advised that the time had come to recognise perinatal paediatrics as a sub-speciality in its own right, progress was at first slow. The Neonatal Society, founded in 1959 with a membership from many disciplines, already provided an academic forum for scientific presentations. When approached by the BPA in 1975, this Society declined to take on an advisory role. That year Dr Peter Dunn had undertaken, at the request of the BPA and the DHSS (Department of Health and Social Security), a survey of those paediatricians who were working mainly with newborn babies in maternity hospitals. Twenty doctors in the British Isles, including Ireland, were identified as working 60% or more of their time with the newborn. With the approval of the BPA they were invited to discuss the formation of a new perinatal group. After the preliminary discussion in York in 1976, a formal meeting took place in Bristol on the 26th of November and the British Paediatric Perinatal Group (BPPG) was founded with the primary objective of improving the standard of perinatal care in the British Isles.

Mission:
BAPM mission is to improve standards of perinatal care by supporting all those involved in perinatal care to optimise their skills and knowledge, deliver and share high quality safe and innovative practice, undertake research, and promote the needs of babies and their families.

Vision:
Their vision is for every baby and their family in the British Isles to receive the highest standard of perinatal care.

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