Day 1 highlights
We welcomed 3,000+ delegates from 100+ countries to the ExCeL in London in June 2025.
With seven parallel streams, over 200 global speakers and 120+ hours of CPD content, it was our largest ever scientific programme.
With fascinating scientific sessions and thought-provoking plenaries covering topics across O&G, it was an inspiring three days of learning and collaboration to explore equity in care and innovation in action.
Revisit key moments on the Congress daily blogs
Don't forget, delegates can still catch up on sessions they missed or reflect on the themes that shaped #RCOG2025 - recordings of sessions will be available soon for six months. Until then, you can read up on highlights of each day below.
Abstracts
RCOG World Congress is an opportunity for individuals across all career stages in O&G to share their latest research and ideas, supporting our mission to improve women’s healthcare globally.
The top 500 abstracts at #RCOG2025 were included in a special World Congress online supplement of BJOG.
The top three abstract authors also had the opportunity to present to their global peers.
View abstracts in the BJOG supplement and ePosters
Abstract winners
1st prize
Sadia Malick
Successful Outcomes of Maternal and New-born Health with Partnership with Community Midwives
2nd prize
Therese McGee
Pregnancy and Perinatal Outcomes after Sleeve Gastrectomy versus a Matched Control Group
3rd prize
Victoria Wallis
Rising troponin postpartum in a patient with severe pre-eclampsia: a clinical conundrum
1st prize
Louise Wake & Joanna Francis
Improving health equity analysis in maternal death investigations
2nd prize
Michalina Drejza
Menstrual self-care among Polish adolescents – results from POLKA 18 youth-led cross-sectional study
3rd prize
Katherine Barton
Maternity skills training in rural Cambodia
1st prize
Parvathi T
Mifepristone Versus Transcervical Foley Catheter for Pre-induction Cervical Ripening – Randomised Controlled Trial
2nd prize
Madhura Mandlik
Maternal and foetal outcome of impacted foetal head during caesarean delivery
3rd prize
Nighat Shah
Upscaling Family Planning Practices, Tertiary Care Hospitals in Sindh Province, Pakistan
1st prize (tie)
Sidrah Nausheen
Early detection & treatment of Postpartum hemorrhage using E-MOTIVE bundle Implementation in Pakistan
Simantini Bose
Metformin in Obese/Overweight PCOS Women Post-Lifestyle Intervention: A Randomized Trial
2nd prize
Navin Panchal
AI-Driven Personalized Treatment for Menopause Integrating Wearable data and Symptom Feedback
3rd prize
Rana Mondal
Hysteroscopic Findings in Subfertile Women with Histopathologically Confirmed Tuberculosis
Sofia Mastrodima-Polychroniou
Prenatal Spina Bifida repair outcomes at NHS England Commissioned Centres
Jan Deprest
AI-Assistance Improves External Anal Sphincter Defect Detection and Workflow Efficiency
Chethana Krishna Rao & Sangavi Satkunarajah
Decoding Dysmenorrhea: Divergent Perspectives in Pain Management
Naomi Harvey
Same-day discharge after laparoscopic hysterectomy: The way forward for UK gynaecology
Diane Francoeur
Advancing gender equity in women's health: Thoughts from Canadian healthcare providers
Therese McGee
Implementing a comprehensive cervical screening in antenatal care quality improvement programme
Isobel Pugh
Optimising birth initiative; Birth outcomes audit in Hutt Valley Hospital, New Zealand
Kathryn Hage
Development and delivery of a multi-professional women’s health hub
Rebecca Martin
A study investigating the feasibility of a 'Time-to-Transition Caesarean Birth'
Katarzyna Galka
Breath carbon monoxide levels versus self-reported smoking in predicting adverse pregnancy outcomes
Linta Nasim
Inequalities in access to obstetric analgesia in the UK: A systematic review
Agnieszka Glazewska-Hallin
Length of labour, emergency caesarean damage and preterm birth risk
Charlotte Colley
Ultrasound training package assessing the cervix and caesarean section scar in pregnancy
Victoria Wallis
Rising troponin postpartum in a patient with severe pre-eclampsia: a clinical conundrum
Therese McGee
Pregnancy and perinatal outcomes after sleeve gastrectomy versus a matched control group
Tommy Harty
Headache in pregnancy: Just hormones or a red flag waving?
Lucienne Cooper
Down syndrome in maternity care – maternal experiences of mental health support
Sadia Malick
Successful outcomes of maternal and new-born health with partnership with community midwives
Mayank Madhra
Endometriosis of the spleen presenting with massive haemoperitoneum immediately post-partum
Jade Rennie
The potential to weaponise accusations of female genital cutting/mutilation in children
Elhem Loukily
The Role of Ethnicity in Clinical Outcomes for Women Undergoing IVF
Victoria Van Loo
Multimorbidity & obstetric outcomes: a retrospective cohort study of USA hospital deliveries 2016-2021
Fatimah Al Zahrani
Cesarean Scar Defects: Impact on IVF Success and Embryo Implantation Outcomes
Sughashini Murugesu
Using Radiomics and Machine Learning Predict Miscarriage in Early Pregnancy
Sofia Mastrodima-Polychroniou
Prenatal Spina Bifida repair outcomes at NHS England Commissioned Centres
Grazyna Stanczuk
Highly relevant HPV-PCR cycle-threshold (HR-CT) values are better triage compare to LBC
Fabio Barra
PEA-Enriched Topical Formulation for Vulvar Lichen Sclerosus: A Randomized Double-Blind Maintenance Study
Pauline Maki
Predictors of Symptom Clusters in Menopausal Women: Analysis of Data from SWAN
Danielle Mazza
Evaluation of a national LARC and medication abortion community of practice
Michalina Drejza
Menstrual self-care among Polish adolescents – results from POLKA 18 youth-led cross-sectional study
Olushola Ariyo
Cost comparison of vNOTES vs conventional laparoscopic ovarian cystectomy for ovarian dermoids
Roberta Schiemer
Vibrational Biospectroscopy of Blood Plasma for Rapid Endometrial Cancer Detection
Jonathan Morris
The preclinical development of a continuous fetal scalp lactate biosensor
Louise Wake & Joanna Francis
Improving health equity analysis in maternal death investigations
Sissela Sylvan
An RCT of Sexual Function After Lateral Episiotomy in Vacuum Extraction Delivery
Lucy Dwyer
Five year efficacy of urethral bulking agents for stress urinary incontinence
Katherine Barton
Maternity skills training in rural Cambodia