Desígnios e Inspirações

There is already an acute shortage of expert abortion practitioners in the UK, with fewer than a dozen doctors able to provide surgical abortions up to the legal limit of 24 weeks gestation, almost all working for providers such as BPAS and Marie Stopes, rather than the NHS. It means some women needing late abortions – many of which will be in cases of fetal anomaly – have to have medical inductions.

“We hope these externships will inspire the doctors of tomorrow to consider a career providing this key component of women’s healthcare,” said, Patricia Lohr, medical director of BPAS.