On Wednesday 7th February, the All-Party Parliamentary Group held its second roundtable in its series dedicated to championing informed choice, ensuring that women have the agency and knowledge to shape their own lives.
Spotlighting pregnancy the event aimed to gather information to reflect on what has changed since the APPG’s report in 20217 and what can be done to improve informed decision making for women.
We were delighted to hear from the following speakers: Jane Plumb, Women’s Voices Lead and Women’s Network Chair at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists; Dr Janet Nooney, Expert Scientific Assessor, Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency; and Ruth Unstead Joss who will spoke on her lived experience of dealing with diabetes during pregnancy.
Attendees included representatives from following organisations:
Royal College of Nursing
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Health
Royal College of Midwives
British Pregnancy Advisory Service
Wellbeing of Women
Royal College of General Practitioners
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
Department of Health and Social Care
Parliamentarians
We will be collating the evidence from the session to input into our Call to Action on informed choice, as part of our ongoing series.