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RCOG/FSRH welcome RCGP vote on decriminalisation of abortion
The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) has voted in favour of the decriminalisation of abortion in the UK today.
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International Women’s Day
Every year, the College holds an event to celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD), choosing a different theme each year.
2020 – We need to talk about race
More Asian and black women in the UK die during or soon after pregnancy than white women.
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A letter from Sussex Place, June 2011
Richard Warren, Honorary Secretary, writes....
So now we know! Not only who has and who has not got tickets for the Olympics, but the new RCOG website now allows us to study which parts of The Scanner are visited by members and fellows. It is
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RCOG statement: MBRRACE-UK Perinatal Mortality Surveillance Report
Today MBRRACE-UK publish the Perinatal Mortality Surveillance Report, examining the number of perinatal deaths in 2013, as a continuation of the national surveillance programme of perinatal mortality established in the early 1990s.
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RCOG and RCM statement: Kirkup Report into maternity services at Morecambe Bay
The Royal College of Midwives and Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists are deeply concerned to read of the failure of maternity services at Morecambe Bay and fully support all of the Kirkup Report’s recommendations.
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O&G pre-20th century and foundation of the College
From early medicine to the formation of the College
Obstetrics and gynaecology pre-20th century
Women’s health was historically managed by women, largely in the form of unqualified midwives, who had no medical training and were quite often uneducated
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IVF (in vitro fertilisation)
IVF is a type of assisted conception where sperm which have been specially prepared are mixed with eggs in the laboratory.
It is used when there is damage to the tubes, for endometriosis and for unexplained infertility.
If there is fluid in the tubes
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Policy update, May 2017
This is your monthly round-up of recent national health policy developments for 13 April to 12 May.
If you have any comments or if there is anything else you would like to see in the round-up please contact us at policy@rcog.org.uk
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British Society of Urogynaecology (BSUG)
Who we are
The British Society of Urogynaecology (BSUG) was founded in 2001 following a request from the RCOG for a urogynaecology society which might assist the College in matters pertaining to the subspecialty. The Society now has approximately 500
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Registration of Stillbirths and Certification for Pregnancy Loss Before 24 Weeks of Gestation (Good Practice No. 4)
This guidance provides a statement on the interpretation and implementation of the registration law where the fetus dies in utero before 24 weeks but is expelled from the mother after 24 weeks of gestation.
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