Meeting dates 2023 (10:00 start)
Meetings are held quarterly (3x virtual meetings and 1x face-to-face meeting at the RCOG)
- Friday 8 December
Remit
Reporting mechanism
The Scientific Advisory Committee reports to the Clinical Quality Assurance Group (CQAG) and Clinical Quality Board (CQB).
Objectives
The Scientific Advisory Committee has a broad brief encompassing both basic and clinical science, including health services research. Specifically, it aims to:
- ‘Horizon scan’ and debate relevant scientific issues, including future developments of relevance to the specialty.
- Produce regular Scientific Impact Papers for the membership agreed and approved by the CQAG and CQB.
- Contribute to College responses on national policies and direction as determined by the CQB.
- Respond to requests for scientific advice from RCOG officers, committees, working parties and Fellows/Members of the College.
- Advise Officers and appropriate committees on future national and international scientific and clinical meetings and study groups.
Membership
Chair
Professor Katie Morris
Vice Chairs
Mr Saladin Sawan and Dr Victoria L Bills
Members
- 7 RCOG Member/Fellow representatives
- 1 RCOG Trainee representative
- 1 RCOG Women’s Network Representative
- 1 Genetics representative
- 1 Scientific representative
- 1 Neonatologist representative
- Assistant Editor
- Head of Guidance
- Guidance Programme Manager
- Head of Quality Improvement
- Director, Clinical Quality
Report to the CQAG and CQB.
Committee secretary
Please send all correspondence to the committee secretary:
Laura Dean-Osgood
Email: ldean-osgood@rcog.org.uk
Tel: +44 20 7772 6403