Dr Livia Martucci

Since September 2019, Dr Martucci has worked as Consultant in Perinatal Psychiatry at the Lambeth Perinatal Community Service, St Thomas’s Hospital (SLaM, King’s Health Partners), following an internal transfer from King’s College Hospital, where she held the same role from December 2017. Since 2012, she has also been Consultant Perinatal Psychiatrist in the Perinatal Parent Infant Mental Health Service (PPIMHS) at Goodmayes Hospital (NELFT). In these roles, she acts as Responsible Clinician for perinatal community patients, overseeing care plans, assessing complex cases, coordinating multidisciplinary input, and chairing Pre-Birth Planning meetings. She provides accessible guidance on psychotropic medication in pregnancy and breastfeeding, works closely with midwives, community mental health teams, and Children’s Social Care, delivers training to healthcare professionals, and leads quality improvement initiatives. She also contributes to the out-of-hours rota for specialist and national services at SLaM.

Dr Martucci plays a central leadership role at the Royal College of Psychiatrists. As Chair of the Perinatal Faculty, she leads the national strategy for perinatal psychiatry in the UK, overseeing key outputs such as College reports and the annual scientific conference, and contributing to broader College policy through the Faculty Chairs group and RCPsych Council. She also serves as Chair of Faculty Chairs, facilitating collaboration across specialties and conveying cross-faculty priorities at Council level.

Her earlier career included Clinical Lecturer and Specialty Trainee posts across SLaM and the Institute of Psychiatry, KCL, between 2006 and 2012, covering a range of specialties including perinatal, adult, adolescent, old age, addiction, and psychosis. She trained across the Maudsley, Bethlem Royal, St Thomas’, and the Tavistock Clinic.

Dr Martucci’s psychotherapy experience includes over a decade of work with perinatal mothers and adolescents, training in Video Interaction Guidance, a CAT case, and co-facilitation of group therapy at the Cawley Centre.

Dr Martucci’s clinical interests include perinatal psychiatry, with a particular focus on preconception care and preventative approaches to maternal mental health. She has a strong interest in the psychological impact of birth trauma and in the assessment and treatment of attachment disorders in the perinatal period. Her work also encompasses complex areas such as mental capacity and best interests decision-making, as well as advance care planning for women with severe and enduring mental illness.