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.
Bioidentical HRT
The full BMS Consensus Statement on Bioidentical HRT is available to non-Members for a limited time only.
Education programme overview
Menopause Special Skills Module
3 October 2019 - 4 October 2019
Post Reproductive Health - Joint RCOG/BMS meeting
29 October 2019 - 30 October 2019
Menopause – The Foundations
4 November 2019 - 5 November 2019
Future nutrition and healthcare for an ageless society
5 November 2019
German Menopause Society Annual Symposium 2019
8 November 2019 - 9 November 2019
Menopause Special Skills Module
14 November 2019 - 15 November 2019
27th World Congress on Controversies in Obstetrics, Gynecology & Infertility (COGI)
21 November 2019 - 23 November 2019
Women’s Health Meeting
27 November 2019
WHC 29th Annual Symposium on Women's Health
3 December 2019
Menopause Special Skills Module
27 February 2020 - 28 February 2020
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Menopause Symptoms
19 March 2020 - 20 March 2020
Women’s Health Meeting
22 April 2020
Latest news
- BMS response to MHRA recommendations
- 9 September 2019
- The medical advisory council of the BMS has reviewed the recommendations issued by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) on 30 August. The following letter was sent to Dr June Raine, interim CEO of the MHRA.
- Joint RCOG & BMS statement in response to the Lancet study on HRT use and breast cancer risk
- 30 August 2019
- A study published in The Lancet shows the risk of breast cancer with hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in relation to the type and timing of hormonal intake.
- BMS response to Lancet paper on the link between different forms of HRT and breast cancer incidence
- 30 August 2019
- A meta-analysis published in the Lancet this week by the Collaborative Group on Hormonal Factors in Breast Cancer reported on the risk of breast cancer with HRT in relation to the type and timing of hormonal intake.
Conference and meeting reports
The BMS 29th Annual Scientific Conference
This year’s conference, entitled “An integrated approach to menopausal care”, was held at Chesford Grange, Kenilworth on 4 & 5 July 2019.
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 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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