The period from 2025 to 2030 marks a defining chapter for the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists as we work towards our centenary and reaffirm our commitment to advancing the health and rights of women and girls worldwide.
In an era of profound global change, marked by demographic shifts, technological transformation and persistent health inequalities, the RCOG will leverage the expertise of its Fellows and Members, and the experiences of the women they support, to be a catalyst for progress.
To maximise impact, the RCOG must continue to grow its membership across the world and refocus on its core mission: education, setting standards for O&G, and advocating for women’s health and for the profession. Ensuring the alignment of resources to our priorities will be essential to maintaining the high quality and reach of our outputs in each of these areas.
Our work will be underpinned by a commitment to equity, collaboration and impact, and we will ensure diverse, representative women’s voices inform the breadth of the College’s core business activities.
We recognise the invaluable contributions of our 2,200 clinical volunteers and will work tirelessly to sustain their engagement and leadership. Equally, recognising the changing landscape of service delivery both in the UK and globally, we will continue to make wellbeing a priority for our Members; the future must be one where our healthcare professionals are supported, valued and empowered. Maternity services in the United Kingdom are under extreme pressure, significantly impacting families and Members. The College will maintain a strong focus on supporting improvements in maternity safety across our education, training and clinical guidance programmes. With partners, we will continue to lobby for sufficient long-term government investment, vital to improving maternity workforce recruitment, retention and morale, and eliminating maternal and neonatal health inequalities.
Globally, there is a growing need for innovation to improve accessibility, efficiency and outcomes, and reduce inequalities in O&G services. The RCOG will be at the forefront of the innovation landscape, fostering an environment for progress in women’s health that is clinically led and women-centred.
As we navigate the next five years to our centenary, the RCOG’s strategy must address global health challenges, societal shifts and workforce dynamics, ensuring the organisation advocates for our Members and remains a trusted leader in advancing women’s healthcare worldwide.
By 2030, the RCOG will be recognised not only as a global leader in clinical standards and education, but also as a driving force for innovation, advocacy and social justice in women’s health.
Strategic goals
During this strategic period, we will achieve our mission of improving the health of women and girls globally by:
1. Creating a thriving and inclusive home for the O&G profession, strengthening and supporting our membership while expanding our global community
We will achieve this goal by:
- Creating an inclusive O&G community for our diverse membership
- Growing our global membership supported by future-proofed governance structures
- Continually innovating our membership offer to provide long-term, lifetime value
- Attracting the future generation of O&G professionals to the specialty and deepening engagement with existing and new doctors in training
- Deepening our understanding of O&G workforce needs through data- and digitally-driven insights
- Increasing accessibility and delivering an excellent user experience for our global membership
- Enhancing our volunteer offering and experience
- Marking our centenary by celebrating our heritage and embracing our future
2. Shaping the future of the global O&G profession through the pursuit of excellence and innovation, setting the highest standards and driving quality in education and training
We will achieve this goal by:
- Developing future doctors to deliver safe and effective care across the world
- Setting and upholding clinical standards and evidence-based practice that promote the highest quality of care by the profession
- Delivering lifelong learning through our gold-standard curricula, exams, courses, events and CPD
- Addressing the recognition and status of the MRCOG internationally to drive membership growth
- Diversifying our educational products to meet global demand with scalable models
- Advancing the impact of our guidance through greater accessibility, adaptability, sustainability and adoption
- Establishing the College as a market leader in digital learning, capitalising on our high-quality resources and harnessing technology
- Driving innovation in women’s health by connecting emerging research, NHS priorities, technology and clinical expertise
3. Leveraging our influence and global reach to achieve meaningful improvement for the O&G profession and the women we serve
We will achieve this goal by:
- Identifying and achieving progress for key policy priorities for women’s health in the UK
- Embedding the voices and experiences of women in all we do
- Championing the profession and campaigning on behalf of our Members for workforce and system-wide improvements
- Further establishing the College as the go-to place for trusted information on women’s health
- Ensuring equitable access to high-quality O&G care globally, strengthening health systems through education, training and policy influence
- Improving clinical practice globally through scalable health projects
- Advocating for a healthier future for women and supporting Members to act on wider determinants of health, including climate change
- Working in collaboration to maximise our impact
- Protecting and enhancing the reputation of the College, the membership and the O&G profession