2025 BSACP Conference | Speakers' Bios
Michael Nevill
Michael Nevill MSc RN is a senior healthcare leader and Registered Nurse with over 20 years of experience in nursing and healthcare management, specialising in abortion care services. He has held multiple executive roles in leading reproductive health organisations, including Director of Nursing and Director of Client Experience at BPAS, and currently serves as Clinical Director at NUPAS. His work has been pivotal in shaping clinical strategy, safeguarding practices, and client engagement within abortion services across the UK.
Michael is a Council Member of the British Society of Abortion Care Providers (BSACP), a professional advisor to NICE, and a member of the RCN Women’s Health Forum Steering Committee. He has led initiatives on quality improvement, infection prevention, and clinical service provision in abortion care, and was commended by the Royal College of Nursing for his advocacy in the decriminalisation of abortion. A published researcher and frequent speaker at national and international conferences, Michael continues to influence policy and practice in abortion care.
Tracey Masters
Tracey works as an NHS consultant at Homerton Healthcare NHS Trust where she is proud to lead the abortion team serving the diverse population of Hackney in East London – and beyond! She sometimes acts as spokesperson on abortion for FSRH and/or RCOG.
Tracey is a founding member of BSACP and is currently Co-Chair.
Kate Guthrie
Kate retired from Hull and East Yorkshire as a Community Sexual and Reproductive Health consultant in 2016. As Specialty Education Vice President of the Faculty (now College) of Sexual and Reproductive Health she was involved in writing the curriculums and Special Skills module for the FSRH and RCOG in abortion provision. She has ceased Women on Web clinical support but still undertakes committee work for the CoSRH. Also one of the original founding ‘gang of five’ and co-chair.
Joanne Fletcher
Joanne’s career in gynaecology nursing spanned over 30 years. She was the first nurse to lead a NHS abortion service back in the early 1990s, and qualified as a Sonographer in 1998. She worked as a Consultant Nurse In Sheffield for 20 years specialising in early pregnancy and abortion care. During her career Joanne was an expert advisor on abortion and early pregnancy national guidelines for the RCOG, RCN & NICE. Joanne retired from clinical practice in 2021. In 2024 she was awarded a Honorary Fellowship from the RCOG for her outstanding contribution to women’s health care.
Joanne was a founding member of BSACP in 2015 and Co-chair from 2015 to 2021.
Patricia A. Lohr
Patricia trained in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles followed by a Fellowship in Family Planning & Contraceptive Research and Master’s Degree in Public Health at the University of Pittsburgh. She is the Director of Research and Innovation of British Pregnancy Advisory Service. Patricia is widely published and has contributed to evidence-based guidance produced by the RCOG, FSRH, NICE, and Society of Family Planning. She serves as an expert advisor to NICE, Associate Editor for the journal BMJ Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare, Co-Chair of BSACP, and on the Advisory Group for the charity Abortion Talk.
Kate Whitehouse
Dr Katherine (Kate) Whitehouse is an American-trained doctor, double board-certified in Obstetrics & Gynaecology and Complex Family Planning. She has over a decade of expertise in abortion care and sexual health research (SRH) as an academic clinician, Medical Officer at the WHO, and working in independent sector abortion care in Britain. She has authored many peer-reviewed publications on SRH and contributed to national and international guideline development in the US, UK and globally. She is an editor for the European Journal of Contraception & Reproductive Health Care and an Evidence Advisor at the British Society of Abortion Care Providers (BSACP). She is passionate about improving women’s lives through high-quality medical care, research & healthcare policy. While she always takes an evidence-based approach, Kate aims to put her patients’ needs at the centre of everything she does. Currently, she works as an abortion provider at MSI Reproductive Choices and NUPAS and also a freelance researcher and medical advisor in FemTech.
Maria Fitzgerald
Professor Maria Fitzgerald is internationally recognised for her pioneering research into the developmental neurobiology of pain, establishing the Fitzgerald Lab at UCL as a world leader in understanding pain in infants and children. After studying Physiological Sciences at Oxford, she completed her PhD at UCL and went on to build her own research group, becoming Professor of Developmental Neurobiology in 1995.
Her contributions have been honoured worldwide: she is a Fellow of both the Academy of Medical Sciences and the Royal Society, and has received awards including the Jeffrey Lawson Award for Advocacy in Children’s Pain Relief, the Feldberg Prize, the Bayliss-Starling Prize, and most recently the John J. Bonica Prize for Distinguished Lifetime Achievement in the Basic Science of Pain. Alongside her research, she has played a leading role in shaping national and international scientific strategy through service on key advisory and funding bodies.
Chloe Hanse
Chloe is a mixed methods researcher with expertise in reproductive health, justice, and rights. She holds an MSc in Gender, Development, and Globalisation from the London School of Economics (LSE). Chloe has experience conducting and leading research on topics such as abortion and post-abortion care, health equity, and the intersection of technology and reproductive healthcare. She has contributed to impactful projects at MSI Reproductive Choices, the Global Fund for Women, and UNFPA. Chloe shares the Research and Engagement Lead role at British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) with Rebecca Blaylock, working to advance evidence-based reproductive health policies and practices.
John Reynolds-Wright
John Reynolds-Wright is a CSO/NES Clinical Lecturer in Sexual and Reproductive Health.
He is one of the Evidence Advisors at BSACP and is the first person to complete the new FSRH Abortion Care Specialist Modules.
Victoria Kinkaid
Victoria is an Army doctor with a strong passion for women’s health. She serves as a General Duties Medical Officer at Dalton Barracks and is a member of the Academic Department of Military General Practice, where she researches reproductive health in UK servicewomen. Her most recent study explored servicewomen’s experiences of abortion care and was the first UK research to focus on this important area.
In addition to her clinical role, Victoria holds several military appointments, including serving as the Army lead for the Women’s Health Special Interest Group, which is dedicated to ensuring the highest standards of healthcare for UK servicewomen. She is also a trained Human Security Advisor. In recognition of her work, she was named Woman of the Year 2024 at the Women in Defence Awards.
Beyond the military, Victoria is a mentor, podcast host, and co-founder of The FGM Education Project, a charity that aims to raise awareness of female genital mutilation and support frontline professionals in recognising and managing cases.
Overall, Victoria is committed to bridging the gap between scientific research and accessible information in women’s health, empowering women to make informed decisions about their care.
Danielle Solomon
Danielle Solomon is a Clinical Fellow at the Institute for Global Health, University College London and a Consultant in Public Health. She holds a medical degree from Oxford University, a Masters in Public Health from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and a PhD in Epidemiology and Public Health from UCL. Prior to specialising in public health, Danielle practiced as a sexual health and HIV physician at the Mortimer Market Centre in central London. She also previously worked as the Technical Advisor for HIV and AIDS at the international NGO Pathfinder International in Boston.
Danielle’s research focuses on unmet need within sexual and reproductive health, with a particular focus on access to contraception and abortion.
Ed Dorman
Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Abortion care provider and D+E surgeon within the NHS and for BPAS. Appointed consultant in 2000 and working with BPAS since 2018. Co-chair of RCOG Abortion Taskforce, UK board member on FIAPAC Council.
Ed has been providing D+E up to 24 weeks (and beyond) for many years. He is involved in an ongoing campaign to make training and assessment of first and second trimester uterine evacuation a core component of the curriculum in postgraduate training in the UK and is passionate about training and supporting the next generation of providers.
Jonathan Lord
Jonathan is a consultant gynaecologist at the Royal Cornwall Hospital where he is clinical lead of the abortion service. He co-chairs the RCOG abortion taskforce and is an immediate past co-chair of BSACP.
Sam Rowlands
Sam had a career in general practice and then in sexual and reproductive health. He was the first Vice-President of the College of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare when it was founded in 1993. He is a Visiting Professor at the Department of Medical Science & Public Health, Bournemouth University.
Sam has had a special interest in abortion for more than 50 years. He has been an active member of FIAPAC since 2004 and was its Secretary for four years. He edited the book ‘Abortion Care’ published by Cambridge University Press in 2014. Sam was one of the ‘gang of five’ who founded BSACP in 2015. He was Secretary of BSACP for its first six years.