Category: "news"
Fall in UK Abortion Rates Linked to Cash Incentive to GPs
14 September 2020 A recent article in The Guardian reports on a scheme that gave GP surgeries cash incentives to tell women about long-acting reversible methods of contraception (LARCs) that has been linked to a sharp fall in UK abortion rates. The study showed that use of highly effective LARC... read more »
Joint BSACP/RSM Conference on ‘Excellence in Adversity: Abortion Care in the Coronavirus Pandemic’ on Monday 12 October 2020 – REGISTER NOW!
11 September 2020 BSACP/RSM Online Conference Registration Registration for this year’s conference jointly organised by the British Society of Abortion Care Providers (BSACP) and the RSM’s Sexuality & Sexual Health Section is now open! This will be the first national online conference for UK abortion providers, with an emphasis on the impact... read more »
Telemedicine and Self-Managed Abortion
26 August 2020 Marge Berer has authored a discussion paper on 'Telemedicine and Self-Managed Abortion', which appears in the Newsletter of the International Campaign for Women's Right to Safe Abortion. From from the paper's Introduction: “Telemedicine for abortion care is the use of communications technology to arrange an abortion in a clinical... read more »
Joint RCOG/BSACP Manual Vacuum Aspiration (MVA) Training Course - NEW DATE
18 August 2020 Joint RCOG/BSACP Manual Vacuum Aspiration Training Course - NEW DATE Date: Wednesday 3 February 2021 Time: 09:00–16:00 Venue: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG), London, UK This one-day, hands-on and theoretical training course focuses on the outpatient management of miscarriage and abortion using manual vacuum aspiration (MVA). Early booking is recommended... read more »
BSACP Co-Chairs Summer 2020 Newsletter
18 August 2020 The latest of the biannual Newsletters compiled by BSACP's Co-Chairs has been published in the website section entitled 'BSACP Newsletters'. The aim of these regular Newsletters is to update BSACP members and other interested healthcare professionals on the Society's recent activities. The Summer 2020 Newsletter can be accessed... read more »
Revised ACOG and SFP Guidelines on ‘Medication Abortion up to 70 Days of Gestation’
14 August 2020 The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and the Society for Family Planning (SFP) have published revised guidelines on ‘Medication Abortion up to 70 Days of Gestation’. These documents can be accessed via the links below. ‘Medication Abortion up to 70 Days of Gestation’ – ACOG Clinical... read more »
Updated COVID-19 Advice Available on the BSACP Website
27 July 2020 Documents from PHE to Support 'Telemedicine/Teletriage in SRH' Five documents have been produced by Public Health England (PHE)/Brook/Faculty of Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare (FSRH)/British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) with guidance and suggestions to support the principles and practice of ‘Telemedicine/Teletriage in SRH’. Whilst these documents... read more »
Virtual Joint BSACP/RSM Annual Conference on Monday 12 October 2020 - Save the Date!
The programme and registration details for the Joint BSACP/RSM Conference on Monday 12 October 2020, which this year will be a virtual/online event held via Zoom, are currently in the process of being finalised and will appear on the BSACP website shortly. Watch this space!read more »
Ireland's First Annual Report on Abortion Statistics Published
30 June 2020 The first annual report on abortion statistics for the year ending 31 December 2019 was published today. The report indicates that 6666 pregnant women and girls were able to access free, safe and legal abortion care in Ireland. There remain, however, some serious gaps in the legislation that... read more »