Public facing roles

There are many ways for both members and the public to get involved in our work to contribute to our work to improve women’s healthcare across the world

On this page you will find information about how you can get involved in a diverse range of work and projects.

The RCOG ensures that women’s views are always voiced and respected in key moments of decision making. Your perspective directly influences our work and can support the direction of health policies and the wider field of O&G.

The RCOG works to ensure that women are at the heart of everything we do. A vital part of our process when developing information for the public, or when campaigning for advancements in women’s healthcare, is speaking to the people for whom the service is designed. The RCOG is committed to asking women and patients what they think, so that the care and treatments they receive meet their needs.

Current opportunities

Lay Member | Women's Network

The Women's Network is currently looking to recruit a new lay member to begin tenure in November 2024. As a committee, the Network informs the College about issues affecting people around fertility, during pregnancy, labour and birth, gynaecological conditions, through to the menopause and beyond.

Application deadline: Sunday 6 October 2024, 11.59pm

Clinical Member | Women's Network

The clinical representative can bring their experience and understanding from frontline practice, including knowledge of some of the challenges and issues affecting women and people, to help inform the Women’s Network’s views and work plan. The clinical representatives on the Women’s Network work alongside the lay members.

Application deadline: Tuesday 8 October 2024, 11.59pm

How volunteers contribute to our work

Women’s Network

The RCOG Women’s Network is a strategic committee that aims to make sure that women and people accessing obstetric and gynaecology services are at the heart of everything the College does.

They inform the College about issues affecting women during pregnancy, labour and birth, around fertility and gynaecological conditions through to the menopause and women’s health in later life.

Find out more about the RCOG Women's Network.

Women’s Voices Involvement Panel

The RCOG Women’s Voices Involvement Panel is an online group of over 700 members of the public who want to use their experience of women’s health services to influence the work of the College and the wider women’s health sector. The Women’s Voices panel aims to be fully inclusive and welcomes anyone who:

Has an interest in and/or experience from a patient/public perspective of: having a baby; fertility or reproductive health issues; gynaecological conditions and procedures
Is involved in a women’s health organisation and/or works professionally with a particular group of women and wants to represent their voice on the panel

Find out more about the RCOG Women’s Voices Involvement Panel.

Patient information

The RCOG Patient Information Committee is made up of obstetricians and gynaecologists, nursing and midwife representatives, and members of the RCOG Women’s Network.

The committee takes key information from clinical guidance on a particular topic and develops patient information based on this. Members of the committee are tasked with writing this in a way that is understandable to people who do not have a medical background. The committee test the information before it is published by asking both the public and healthcare professionals for comments on the draft.

You can read draft information currently being tested here and give your views, or find out more about the RCOG Patient Information Committee.

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