Description
In recent times, the political climate around abortion care has and is changing in the UK.
The British Society of Abortion Care Providers (BSACP) and the RSM’s Sexuality & Sexual Health are coming together to bring a range of experts and Healthcare professionals from all areas to provide a comprehensive overview of current and future concepts in abortion care.
topics include:
New approaches and developments in abortion care and how these impacts on care delivery
The impact of commissioning on abortion care and service delivery
The political climate around the legal framework for abortion care in the UK
Contraceptive strategies in hard to reach groups
key speakers include:
Diana Johnson, Labour MP Kingston & Hull
Dr Mike Prentice, Regional Medical Director, NHS England
Mrs Sue Everett, Senior Lecturer and Senior Nurse practitioner at the Royal College of Nursing
call for abstracts
We’re looking for practical, real-life projects (clinical research, service development or audit) that have been carried out in the last 2 years that have aimed to improve and/or clearly show improvement in the following areas:
Patient care and outcomes
Staff wellbeing
Patient and public involvement
All submissions on topics related to abortion care and early pregnancy management will be considered. Deadline for abstract submissions is Monday 17 September 2018. Click here for more information.
my body my life
My Body My Life, a travelling exhibition, shows women tell their stories in a show of support for one another, demonstrating how vital it is to be able to have access and the option to abortion services.
*Following registration you will be contacted appropriately by email with; your booking confirmation, feedback survey and attendance certificate. For full details of the RSM privacy policy, click here.
agenda
8.30 am
Registration, tea and coffee
9.00 am
Welcome and introduction
Mrs Joanne Fletcher, Co-chair, British Society of Abortion Care Providers, Immediate Past President, Sexuality & Sexual Health Section, Royal Society of Medicine
Session 1: Legal issues in abortion care
Professor Sam Rowlands, Visiting Professor Bournemouth University, British Society of Abortion Care Providers Secretary
9.10 am
Update on the decriminalisation bill
Ms Diana Johnson, Labour MP, Kingston Upon Hull North
9.30 am
Update on abortion buffer zones
Dr Pam Lowe, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Aston University
Session 2: Clinical challenges in abortion care
Mr Omi Ohizua, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist and President, Sexuality & Sexual Health Section, Royal Society of Medicine
10.00 am
The impact of increasing caesarean section incidence on abortion and early pregnancy care: Dealing with both scar ectopics and placenta accreta issues
Mr Davor Jurkovic, Consultant Gynaecologist, University College London Hospitals
10.30 am
Caring for victims of sexual violence and rape in an abortion setting
Ms Lisa Thompson, Chief Executive, Rape and Sexual Violence Project
11.00 am
Tea and coffee break
Session 3: Oral abstracts (quality improvement in abortion care)
Dr Tracey Masters, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, The Homerton Hospital, London and Membership Secretary, British Society of Abortion Care Providers
11.30 am
Oral presentation 1
11.45 am
Oral presentation 2
12.00 pm
Oral presentation 3
12.15 pm
Oral presentation 4
Session 4: Sedation and anaesthesia in surgical abortion care
Mr Jonathan Lord, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist and British Society of Abortion Care Providers Council Member
12.30 pm
Conscious sedation in abortion care – training and service delivery
Dr David Craig, Consultant and Honorary Senior Lecturer, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
12.50 pm
Panel discussion
Dr David Craig and Dr David Dickson, Anaesthetist, British Pregnancy Advisory Service
1.20 pm
Lunch and British Society of Abortion Care Providers AGM
AGM for British Society of Abortion Care Providers members only
Session 5: Contraception and abortion
Dr Kate Guthrie, Co-Chair, British Society of Abortion Care Providers
2.20 pm
Teenage conception, contraception and abortion: Best practice and learning
Ms Lisa Hallgarten, Head of Policy and Public Affairs, Brook and Ms Alison Hadley OBE, Director of the Teenage Pregnancy Knowledge Exchange, University of Bedfordshire
2.50 pm
The essentials of a contraceptive discussion – strategies for increasing contraception use pre and post abortion
Ms Suzanne Everett, Senior Lecturer Middlesex University and Senior Nurse Practitioner in Sexual Health, Royal Free Hospital
3.20 pm
Tea and coffee break
Session 6: Changing landscape of abortion care in the UK
Professor Sharon Cameron, Consultant Gynaecologist, Edinburgh and British Society of Abortion Care Providers, Regional Council Member, Scotland
3.40 pm
Impact of home use of misoprostol in Scotland
Professor Sharon Cameron
4.00 pm
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists abortion care task force update
Ms Kelley Ireland, Special Advisor to Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists President
4.20 pm
Commissioning high risk and advanced gestations in abortion care
Dr Mike Prentice, Regional Medical Director, NHS England
4.40 pm
Concluding remarks and close of meeting
Mrs Joanne Fletcher and Professor Sam Rowlands