Take action
by becoming a DOER and partner in Scotland's Coalition for HPBL
Scotland’s Coalition for Healthier Pregnancies, Better Lives is a coming together of organisations, community groups, academic units, funders, and key individuals united by a commitment to do exactly what it says on the tin. The 80+ founding Partners have pledged that they will do what they can to help all prospective parents across our nation actually get what they already desire: a safe pregnancy, a healthy baby, and a thriving family. One year ago, the HPBL Coalition was just an idea. Today, it is a reality.
See here for more information.
Interested in joining the coalition?
Please email info@hpbl.org.uk.
Organisational Partners
Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and Faculties
Alcohol Focus Scotland
The ALLIANCE
Barnardo’s Scotland
Breastfeeding Network
British Society of Lifestyle Medicine
Children’s Health Scotland
Children’s Parliament
Circle
COPE Scotland
Cyrenians
Down’s Syndrome Scotland
Early Years Scotland
FASD Hub Scotland
Fast Forward
Fathers Network Scotland
Home-Start UK
Inspiring Scotland
Institute of Health Visiting
La Leche League in Scotland
Mellow Parenting
Moira Anderson Foundation
NCT - Nursing, Midwifery & Allied Health Professions Research Unit
Neurological Alliance of Scotland
Obesity Action Scotland
Parent Network Scotland
Queen’s Nursing Institute Scotland
Royal College of Midwives (Scotland)
Sands/NBCP (Scotland)
SACCH
Scottish Childminding Association
Scottish Paediatric Society
SHAAP
Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus Scotland
The Spark
Tommy’s
Voluntary Health Scotland
We Are With You Scotland
Wellbeing Economy Alliance Scotland
YouthLink Scotland
Community Partners
3D DRUMCHAPEL
Amma Birth Companions
The Cottage Family Centre
Fife Alcohol Support Service - FASD Fife
Fife Gingerbread
Geeza Break
Getting Better Together Ltd
Healthy Valleys
Nurture the Borders
Oshay’s Brain Domain
Academic Partners
CELCIS - University of Strathclyde
FAAST Fetal Alcohol Advisory Service and Support Team
Institute for Social Marketing and Health, University of Stirling
International Journal of Birth and Parent Education
Mother and Infant Research Unit, School of Health Sciences, University of Dundee
MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, University of Edinburgh
Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professional Research Unit
Scottish Rural Health Partnership (University of the Highlands and Islands)
Scottish School of Primary Care
Queen's Nurse Partners
Lorna Dhami, General Practice Nurse, Deep End Practice, NHS GGC
Helen Gilpin, Nurse Specialist for Looked After Children, NHS Highland
Kirsten Kernaghan, Senior Clinical Nurse Specialist, Chalmers Sexual Health Centre, NHS Lothian
Inger McGowan, Homlessness & Inclusion and Sexual Health Nurse, NHS Lothian
Liz Smith, Former Breastfeeding Advocacy and Culture Lead, Scotland
Individual Partners
Professor Sir Harry Burns, University of Strathclyde, Former Chief Medical Officer, Scotland
Dr Linda de Caestecker, Former Chair, Scottish Directors of Public Health
Dr Zhong Eric Chen, Sexual and Reproductive Health, Researcher & Fitness Instructor
Professor Helen Cheyne, Professor of Maternal and Child Health, Stirling University
Sheila Duffy, Chief Executive, ASH Scotland
Professor Pat Hoddinott FRCGP, Chair in Primary Care, NMAHP Research Unit (Stirling)
Dr Patricia Jackson OBE FRCPCH, Immediate Past President, Scottish Paediatric Society
Dr Carey Lunan, Chair of Scotland’s Deep End GP Group
Dr Miles Mack, GP (Dingwall) & Immediate Past Chair, Scottish Academy
Karyn McCluskey, Chief Executive, Community Justice Scotland
Ambrose Parry, aka Christopher Brookmyre & Dr Marisa Haetzman
Dr Mary Renfrew OBE FRSE, Emerita Professor, Dundee University
Dr Jonathan Sher, Former Lead, Healthier Pregnancies, Better Lives
Alan Sinclair, Author, Right from the Start: Investing in Parents and Babies
Catriona Sinclair, Vice-Chair, Scottish Pharmacy Board
Dr Maggie Watts, Director of Public Health, NHS Western Isles
Dr Rachael Wood, Consultant, Public Health Medicine, Public Health Scotland
Related Reading
Asking Women What They Want and Nurses/Midwives What They Know
Breastfeeding and medication, do they go together?
Considering Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
Don’t presume women with chronic conditions don’t want babies
FASD is becoming more of a concern for community nurses and midwives
General Practice and Reproductive Health: Part 1
General Practice and Reproductive Health: Part 2
Hiding in Plain Sight
Meaningful Action on Alcohol Harm
Mind the Gap
Nothing About Us Without Us
Physical activity before the first or next pregnancy
Post Pandemic – What Now for Relationship, Sexual Health and Parenthood Education?
Preconception Care in General Practice: Reflections on Experience and Evidence in the USA
Preconception Health Risks and Realities
Preconception health was a Ruairidh success!
Pre-Pregnancy Health within Primary Care
Speaking About Drinking
Spotlighting a Blind Spot
The Best Answers Come From Asking the Right Questions
They Spoke, We Listened
Vitamin D: Scotland’s much-needed sunshine supplement
Voices from the Margin: Part 1
Voices from the Margin: Part 2
Wait a minute. That’s not on me!
What Invisibility Looks Like
What Respondents Want to Happen Next
Women, Alcohol, Pregnancy and FASD
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