Royal College Of Obstetricians And Gynaecologists Rcog

We are very pleased to announce a Women’s Health Taskforce to significantly improve the health outcomes of girls and women across in England.
Launched by the Department of Health and Social Care today, the Taskforce will be jointly led by RCOG President Professor Lesley Regan and Jackie Doyle-Price MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Mental Health, Inequalities and Suicide.
Listen to Lesley and Jackie discuss the taskforce on BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour: http://fal.c...n/SjFY
Read the announcement: http://fal.cn/SjFx
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Announcing the latest report from Each Baby Counts, our clinical improvement programme that aims to reduce the number of stillbirths and babies who die or are left severely disabled during term labour.
The latest analysis shows an increase in the quality of local investigations, but that different care might have led to a different outcome in almost three quarters of stillbirths, neonatal deaths and severe brain injuries that occurred in 2016.
Read the full report, including key findings and national recommendations to improve maternity care: http://fal.cn/S1qL

11 November 2018 marks 100 years since the end of the First World War. The RCOG joins in the remembrance of the many lives touched by the war by recognising the role played by many of its Foundation Fellows and Members.
Amongst them were four women who bravely volunteered their services with the Scottish Women's Hospitals. Find out more: http://bit.ly/2FeW3We
#remembrancesunday

New guidance available from the RCOG.
This Scientific Impact Paper discusses the use of biomarkers in identifying and caring for women with complications in early pregnancy. Biomarkers can be measured to work out whether someone has a specific disease or condition and to measure their responses to treatment.
Currently, most early pregnancy complications are diagnosed using ultrasound only. Ideally, a biomarker will accurately diagnose complications in early pregnancy consist...ently, and help to identify those women who need to be treated urgently and monitored more closely.
http://fal.cn/S-kK
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Abstract submission now open!
This is your opportunity to enhance your CV and showcase your work to a global audience: http://bit.ly/RCOGAbstracts

It is with great pleasure that we announce the appointment of a new Chief Executive for the RCOG.
Kate Lancaster, who has over 10 years board level NHS experience, will join on Friday 1 March 2019 as CEO. She will take the reins at a historic time for the College – as we celebrate our 90th year, gear up for Congress 2019 in London, drive forward a women’s health strategy and prepare for our big move to London Bridge
http://bit.ly/2JeBYNO

To celebrate the launch of a new advanced eTutorial on incident investigation, we have made the resource free to access until Friday 26 October.
This resource will help you learn more about risk management, methods of analysing incidents, formulating recommendations and report writing.
http://bit.ly/2J5imfa

We are excited to announce that RCOG President, Professor Lesley Regan, has been elected as Honorary Secretary of the International Federation of Gynaecology & Obstetrics (FIGO).
Professor Regan is a passionate advocate for the rights of girls and women globally and will use her new role to support FIGO's vision for women of the world to achieve the highest possible standards of physical, mental, reproductive and sexual health and wellbeing throughout their lives.
Find out more about FIGO: http://fal.cn/SiMQ

To mark World Menopause Day we are sharing a link to our information hub about women’s health around the menopause and beyond.
This resource addresses topics women have told us are most important at this stage of life and shares information to support self-care and your conversations with healthcare professionals.
http://bit.ly/2GOBi0g

The RCOG has long supported fortification of flour with folic acid as a public health measure to prevent neural tube defects in babies.
Read more: http://fal.cn/S4.7

The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) is pleased to nominate our President Professor Lesley Regan for the position of Honorary Secretary of FIGO.
If elected Honorary Secretary, Professor Regan will work with FIGO member societies and use the skills and networks she has developed to increase and strengthen open communication, promote the high-quality clinical practice and world-leading research and ensure that FIGO is firmly established as a global leader.
The RCOG believes that Professor Regan will make an excellent Honorary Secretary and encourages you to support her nomination for the future of girls' and women’s health.

The October issue of TOG is now available. This issue includes the free-to-view paper ‘Metabolic syndrome in women with polycystic ovary syndrome.’
View the paper here: http://bit.ly/TOGPCOSpaper

To mark the FIGO World Congress in Rio, our BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Latin America special issue is free to view for two weeks only:
http://bit.ly/2Pgva4C

Huge congratulations to Denis Mukwege FRCOG ad eundem and Nadia Murad for winning the #NobelPeacePrize. Thank you for all your efforts to stop sexual violence being used as a weapon in war.

Annual Academic Meeting abstract submission deadline – Monday 15 October.
Oral presentations will be offered to the highest scoring abstracts with the best presentation at the meeting receiving a £1000 prize to facilitate the presentation of their work at an international conference.
Prizes will also be given to the best poster pitch and presentations.
... Find out more: http://bit.ly/2qDccuN
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Today is International Safe Abortion Day worldwide.
Did you know it's estimated 25 million of all abortions are unsafe and account for 13% of maternal deaths?
RCOG President Professor Lesley Regan explains how almost every death and disability from an unsafe abortion could be prevented through comprehensive relationship and sex education, access to high-quality family planning, including effective contraception, and safe, legal, and timely abortion care.
... Read her piece in the Huffington Post: http://bit.ly/2R6zFQD
Read our joint statement with the FSRH - Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare: http://bit.ly/2OY1SYi
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Today two RCOG Green-top Guidelines have been published on Placenta Praevia and Placenta Accreta and Vasa Praevia, alongside accompanying patient information.
GTG No. 27(a) - http://bit.ly/gtg27a
GTG No. 27(b) - http://bit.ly/gtg27b
... Information for women - http://bit.ly/2DzjCrL
The guidelines include new recommendations for the definition of placenta praevia and low lying placenta as well as timing and mode of birth and administration of steroids.
The patient information is designed to help women to fully understand these conditions, the care they will be offered if diagnosed and their choices.
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Happy Birthday to the RCOG, which turns 89 today! Learn more about the past, present and future of the College in our new video.