The British Menopause Society (BMS), established in 1989, educates, informs and guides Healthcare professionals on menopause and all aspects of post reproductive health. This is achieved through an annual programme of lectures, conferences, meetings, exhibitions and our interactive website. We offer a range of publications including our quarterly journal Post Reproductive Health and the definitive handbook Management of the Menopause.
Women’s Health: A virtual meeting
written resources, infographics, signpostings
present a programme hosted by
Louise Minchin showing the changing
attitudes to menopause in the workplace
‘Menopause: The Change is Here’
A news-style programme with Louise Minchin for World Menopause Day 2021
Individuals, health professionals and businesses speak out and change is most certainly here
Gender Language Policy
The British Menopause Society (BMS) recognises that patients have diverse gender identities. In our publications, literature, and other printed and digital materials, the BMS uses the word “woman” (and the pronouns “she” and “her”) to describe patients or individuals whose sex assigned at birth was female, whether they identify as female, male, or non-binary.
As gender language continues to evolve in the scientific and medical communities, the BMS will periodically reassess this usage and will make appropriate adjustments as necessary. When describing or referencing study populations used in research, BMS will use the gender terminology reported by the study investigators.
Education calendar overview
WHC 31st Annual Symposium on women's health - a virtual meeting
17 November 2021 - 5 December 2021
Principles & Practice of Menopause Care (PPMC) virtual theory course
26 November 2021 - 10 December 2021
RCN Women's Health Forum Virtual Conference: Making Sense of Women’s Health
1 December 2021
Principles & Practice of Menopause Care (PPMC) course
26 January 2022 - 13 February 2022
Menopause – The Foundations
14 February 2022 - 15 February 2022
Principles & Practice of Menopause Care (PPMC) course
16 February 2022 - 6 March 2022
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for menopause symptoms
10 March 2022 - 31 March 2022
Latest news
- British Menopause Society further update on HRT supply shortages (22 November 2021)
- 22 November 2021
- The British Menopause Society has issued this update on HRT product availability to provide guidance to BMS members and clinical practitioners on the current availability
- We are recruiting!
- 18 November 2021
- Applications closed. The British Menopause Society is recruiting for an administrator ideally to start in January 2022, 5 days a week, 9 am – 3pm
- Government takes action to support women experiencing the menopause
- 29 October 2021
- The cost of repeatable HRT prescriptions will be cut Move set to save women who rely on HRT hundreds of pounds per year New government
- WORLD MENOPAUSE DAY – NEW BMS/WHC RESOURCE
- 18 October 2021
- To coincide with World Menopause Day, a new Menopause in the Workplace section has been added to the BMS and WHC websites. This provides guidance,
Bioidentical HRT
The full BMS Consensus Statement on Bioidentical HRT is available to non-Members.
Our patient arm
Women’s Health Concern (WHC) was founded in 1979 and became the patient arm of the BMS in 2012. It provides an independent service to advise, reassure and educate women of all ages about their gynaecological and sexual health, wellbeing and lifestyle concerns.
Information for non-professionals can also be found at Menopause Matters.
Affiliations
The British Menopause Society is a specialist society associated with the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.
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