The British Menopause Society (BMS) provides education, information and guidance to healthcare professionals specialising in 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.
BMS Menopause Specialists
Apply online for certification as a BMS recognised Menopause Specialist. More details
NICE Menopause clinical guideline is here…
The NICE Guideline on the diagnosis and management of the menopause will play an important role in raising awareness of all menopausal symptoms and in encouraging women to consider lifestyle changes to improve later health.
The Guideline should also clarify uncertainty – both for women and for healthcare professionals – around both prescribed and non-prescribed treatment options.
Forthcoming meetings
15th World Congress on Menopause
28 September 2016 - 1 October 2016
North American Menopause Society 27th Annual Meeting
5 October 2016 - 8 October 2016
Menopause Special Skills Module
6 October 2016 - 7 October 2016
Beyond Cancer: Living with an induced menopause
17 October 2016
Women’s Health Meeting
19 October 2016
Menopause: The foundations
31 October 2016 - 1 November 2016
Women’s Health Meeting
9 November 2016
German Menopause Society Annual Symposium 2016
11 November 2016 - 12 November 2016
Post Reproductive Health - Joint RCOG/BMS meeting
15 November 2016 - 16 November 2016
Latest news
BMS/RCOG response to Breast Cancer Now Generations Study on HRT use and breast cancer risk
23 August 2016
BMS/RCOG response to the findings that the effect of combined hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in increasing a woman’s risk of breast cancer is likely to have been underestimated by a number of previous studies.
Breast Cancer Now study finds the effect of combined HRT on breast cancer risk is likely to have been underestimated
23 August 2016
The effect of combined HRT in increasing a woman’s risk of breast cancer is likely to have been underestimated by a number of previous studies, according to a new prospective study published in the British Journal of Cancer.
Estrogen may not be the answer for improving memory
16 August 2016
The role of HRT in improving cognitive abilities such as verbal memory continues to be debated, with lack of clarity around the role of menopausal estroegn lack, and hence the role of hormone replacement, along with the role of simply ageing.
Conference and meeting reports
The BMS 25th Annual Conference
Held on 25 and Friday 26 June 2015, the conference "had an exceptionally high standard of presentations and the atmosphere amongst the delegates and faculty was of great friendliness and collegiate spirit".
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 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 affiliated to the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare. Working together we have developed theoretical and practical training modules aimed at those healthcare professionals who regularly work in the field of women’s health.
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Website last reviewed: May 2016