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At the General Meeting of the RCOG held at the College on Friday 21 September 2018, all Resolutions to amend the Regulations were passed. A revised version of the Regulations will be published on the website shortly.

For several years the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists have pressed the case for buffer zones. Over the last 12 months alone, at least 29 providers have been affected, at both NHS and independent facilities.

The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and The British Society of Urogynaecologyare aware of the Scottish Chief Medical Officer’s announcement of a temporary and immediate halt on the use of transvaginal mesh for stress urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse while robust safety protocols are established.

There will be a General Meeting of the College at 5pm on 21 September 2018 in the Lecture Theatre, RCOG, Sussex Place, Regent’s Park, London NW1 4RG to consider a number of Resolutions to change the College Regulations.

A new report, produced by the RCOG’s National Guideline Alliance, reveals that twin births are almost three times as expensive as singleton births. The findings show that the average cost to the NHS is £13,959 for a twin birth, while a singleton birth costs £4,892.

The RCOG was invited by Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust to assess its maternity and neonatal services. The report included 37 recommendations to drive improvements. Patient safety and the highest possible standards of care are always the RCOG’s number one priority – and the driving force behind the invited review process and this report.

The first ever national report by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) into benign gynaecological care shows some variations between NHS trusts across England.

Today the Government has announced home use of misoprostol, the second drug used to effect an early medical abortion, will be legalised for women in England.

A new report reveals that some Trusts across the UK do not have policy or guidance on maternal requests for caesareans.