Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists | RCOG

Join us for the RCOG World Congress 2025 in London! This multidisciplinary event welcomes professionals across all areas of women’s healthcare. Abstracts are now open in over 40 categories, including sustainability and climate change, lifestyle medicine in women’s health, fetal medicine and more. Submit yours by Monday 20 January and secure your early bird ticket by Monday 28 April: https://brnw.ch/21wPzX1

Our mission as a College is to improve the health of women and girls globally. To drive this work forward in Bangladesh, our Gynaecological Health Matters (GHM) programme has supported 26 expert trainers to improve the gynaecological knowledge and skills non-specialist health practitioners across the country. Dr Ashutosh, a senior O&G consultant in Dinajpur and one of our expert trainers, has trained 38 health professionals in his district. The impact is clear – more women and girls are receiving the care they need in a supportive and respectful environment. Learn more about this transformative work, which we’re now pleased to be running in Nigeria thanks to funding thanks to funding from the Department of Health and Social Care working with the Tropical Health and Education Trust (THET): https://brnw.ch/21wPzqM

Meet Abby Hyland, Vice Chair for Strategy and Membership. Abby advocates for the needs of O&G trainees, representing them on the RCOG Membership Board and Finance Committee. Her focus is on ensuring equitable opportunities and building networks that benefit both current and future trainees in O&G. Learn more here about the NTC here: https://lnkd.in/ewi7CbyJ

Register for our free webinar on Wednesday 29 January to find out more about key themes and data which impact on global maternal health, and identify the key ways in which organisations and individuals can make a difference. Book your place: https://brnw.ch/21wPyvo

Explore crucial topics such as miscarriage, ectopic pregnancies and infections and bleeding through an interactive programme designed to facilitate the dissemination and discussion of evidence-based practice. Register today: https://lnkd.in/eC6GMXgv..

Submitting your abstract for RCOG World Congress 2025 gives you the chance to win one of the prestigious prizes. It's an opportunity to gain global recognition for your contributions to women’s health. Enter by Monday 20 January: https://bit.ly/3Al3c4u

The RCOG is committed to supporting our membership to provide more sustainable care, advocating for change at a national level, and to limiting the College’s own contributions to the climate and ecological crisis. In April, as part of this, the RCOG announced a collaborative project to tackle carbon and health inequity hotspots in the maternity care pathway. The College has partnered with the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare, The Sustainable Healthcare Coalition, and the Royal College of Midwives to deliver the year-long project. This work was commissioned and funded by SBRI Healthcare. The project’s ultimate aim is to produce findings that can ensure future maternity care is delivered in the most sustainable way possible. The findings will be published in 2025. Read more: https://brnw.ch/21wPwI2

Today, the RCOG has published an updated Green-top Guideline covering the recognition and management of sepsis in the antenatal, intrapartum and postpartum periods, including post-abortion sepsis. Reducing maternal death from sepsis requires high levels of vigilance and to “Think Sepsis” at an early stage with any unwell, pregnant or recently pregnant woman. Dr Geeta Kumar, Vice President for Clinical Quality said, ”Sepsis during and following pregnancy remains an important cause of maternal death globally, accounting for 11% of all maternal deaths. I’m pleased that the College has published an important update to this Green-top Guideline covering the recognition and management of sepsis in the antenatal, intrapartum and postpartum periods, including herpes simplex sepsis and post-abortion sepsis. “We know from research published just last week by the Institute of Global Health Innovation that the gap between the UK and the best performing countries for deaths from treatable causes like sepsis had widened. This guideline provides systematically developed recommendations for healthcare professionals who care for women, non-binary and trans people suspected of, or diagnosed with, sepsis in primary or secondary healthcare.” Read the guidance here: https://brnw.ch/21wPwnL

Help shape the future of medical education by contributing to the strategic development of RCOG’s training and resources. Apply by Thursday 16 January to join one of our education committees: https://lnkd.in/eJzrhR6d

Improve your knowledge and skills in manual vacuum aspiration (MVA). This one-day hands-on course covers everything from using MVA kits and pain management to developing outpatient services. Register now: https://brnw.ch/21wPf28..