Clinical Lead Perinatal Mental Health for SMABS,
Perinatal Mental Health Pathway Lead and Principle Psychological Therapist
Specialist Mother and Baby Mental Health Service
Lisa is the clinical lead for the Specialist Mother and Baby Mental Health Service, the specialist perinatal mental health service, and perinatal mental health pathway lead across Bradford District Foundation Care Trust. This includes promoting the parent-infant relationship, assessment, interventions and evaluation impact. Lisa heads perinatal and infant mental health at Bradford District NHS Care Trust for the 1001 Best Days Act as One, across place.
She oversees project management, developing referral pathways, standards and protocols across district, reviewing services, audit and evaluation.
Working in a diverse area, Lisa takes a lead on the equity of access and service experience for the specialist perinatal mental health service.
She has developed health promotional resources including ‘Ready to Relate’, ‘Just Had A Baby’ booklets, ‘New Baby, New Feelings’, ‘Mum and me’, ‘Soothing yourself’.
Importantly, Lisa is also able to provide training, support, supervision and consultation to professionals including Midwives, Health Visitors, Mental Health Practitioners, Social Care and Family Support Practitioners.
Additional trainings provided:
- Parent-Infant Relationship training
- Perinatal Mental Health Training
- An Approach to Working with Suicide Risk in a Mental Health Team
Career experience has been in:
- Perinatal/Maternal Mental Health Lead and Psychological Therapist
- Primary Care Mental Health Worker and Counsellor
- Health Plus Counsellor
- Crisis Worker
Qualifications:
- PhD Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, University of Bradford
- Graduate Diploma in Psychology with distinction, University of Central Lancashire
- MA in Psychological Therapy with distinction, University of Leeds
- Graduate Diploma with merit in Counselling, University of Leeds
- 2:1 Law, Brunel University
Publications:
- Milne, E. (2025) Exploring health visitors’ experiences of supporting the mother-infant relationship. Community Practitioner
- Milne, E. (2025) Analysing young mothers’ experiences of their relationships with their infants and how to engage. Community Practitioner
- J. Dickens and E. Milne (2020) Ready to Relate: Parent Interview Themes. Community Practitioner
- Milne, E., Johnson, S.E., Waters, G.M. and Small, N.A. (2018) Understanding the mother-infant bond. Community Practitioner