RCOG Launches 'Better for Women' Report

3 December 2019

The Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists (RCOG) is calling for better joined up services, as part of its ‘Better for Women’ report, published on 29 November 2019. It emphasises the need for national strategies to meet the needs of girls and women across their life course – from adolescence, to the middle years and later life.

There should also be greater focus on moving the UK away from providing a disease intervention service towards a preventative health service, says the report.

RCOG News: https://www.rcog.org.uk/en/news/rcog-launches-better-for-women-report/

The RCOG states that change could improve the accessibility of early medical abortion care for women. Women should be allowed to take abortion pills from the comfort of their own home and without seeing a doctor face-to-face, leading doctors have said.

In the report, the RCOG has called on the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) to reconsider its guidelines regarding medical abortions.

The Independent: https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/women/abortion-pills-home-planned-parenthood-pregnancy-termination-a9228466.html

Read the full report here: https://www.rcog.org.uk/globalassets/documents/news/campaigns-and-opinions/better-for-women/better-for-women-full-report.pdf