SAS Week celebrates Specialty, Associate Specialist, Specialist (SAS) and Locally Employed (LE) doctors, recognising the vital role they play in delivering safe, high-quality care across the NHS.
Explore the benefits of choosing a SAS career, the development opportunities it offers and how employing specialist (senior SAS) posts in O&G can help to address workforce gaps, improve retention, and strengthen service delivery.
"The diversity within the O&G community is one of our greatest strengths, and the College is grateful for the valuable contributions that SAS and LE doctors bring to our specialty to improve the health of women and girls. At the RCOG we work to engage SAS and LEDs across College activity and we are committed to supporting all doctors in O&G to achieve their career aspirations."
- Professor Ranee Thakar, RCOG President
Watch: SAS as a career choice
Laura Hipple reflects on what it means to choose a SAS career, the positive contributions SAS and LEDs bring and how the wider workforce can be supportive of doctors in these roles.
Insight and advocacy
The SAS Collective’s #SASsix campaign sets out six principles to support the SAS workforce. Read the College's campaign support statement to learn how these principles align with RCOG work to support the inclusion and visibility of SAS and LE roles in the workforce.
Find out more about the potential that employing specialist (senior SAS) posts in obstetrics and gynaecology offers individuals and the service in this guest blog by Dr Julie Anne Forbes, RCOG Associate and Co Vice-Chair of the RCOG SAS and LED Committee.
SAS doctors in leadership and educational roles
As well as offering positive career development for individuals, SAS doctors taking on leadership and educational responsibilities also brings benefits to employers and the service.
These profiles highlight some of the leadership and educational roles SAS doctors hold and the valuable contributions they bring to the workforce.
Discover how Alice’s SAS role has enabled her to contribute to long-term projects, lead undergraduate education and supervise early career doctors.
Laura explains how stepping into a SAS role has given her the opportunity to develop as an educator and why visibility of SAS doctors in teaching matters.
Read how being involved in leadership and education roles has had a positive impact on Obinna’s personal development, as well as driving service improvements in his trust.
Sarah reflects on more than 20 years as a SAS doctor, showing how consistent leadership in governance and education can shape safer, stronger services.
Find out why doctors may choose to pursue a career as a SAS doctor, the opportunities this career pathway offers and the contributions SAS and LE doctors in these roles bring to the workforce.
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