Gynaecology
Wed 23 Sep 2026 09:00-15:30
Online Course, 5 CPD Hours

Strengthen your rapid access emergency gynaecology and early pregnancy pathways

Come together with gynaecology colleagues from across the UK to explore how services can improve rapid access pathways, strengthen one-stop models of care and support women to access the right care in the right setting. Join Shilpa Kolhe, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust, as she shares real-world insight from her experience of running rapid access clinics and improving pathways in her own trust. 

Book your place to learn from best practice, share ideas with peers and take away practical approaches to strengthening pathways, supporting one-stop care and improving urgent gynaecology services in your own organisation.

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Developing your Rapid Access Gynaecology Service
Online 5 CPD hours From £299+VAT

Develop your service knowledge

5 hours Continuing Professional Development: what you will learn

Build an operational understanding of how to strengthen your rapid access and one-stop gynaecology services, with a focus on emergency gynaecology, early pregnancy pathways, ultrasound and scanning, and service development. Key learning outcomes include:

  • Clarifying which gynaecological conditions are best suited to rapid access pathways 
  • Understanding how early pregnancy and emergency gynaecology services can work effectively alongside one another 
  • Exploring the role of ultrasound and scanning in one-stop models of care 
  • Identifying referral criteria and local pathways that support smoother access for women 
  • Considering workforce, management support and local resources in service development 
  • Hearing practical lessons from Shilpa Kolhe’s experience of running rapid access clinics and improving pathways in her own trust 
  • Taking away actionable ideas to strengthen same-day emergency gynaecology care in your own organisation 

Live online learning

Take away practical ideas and approaches to strengthen your service

This interactive online workshop will help you reflect on your current service model and identify realistic opportunities for pathway improvement and service development. Throughout the day, you will have the opportunity to:

  • Join online to connect with gynaecology colleagues from across the UK 
  • Take part in guided discussions on rapid access pathways, early pregnancy services, scanning and service development 
  • Ask questions and gain effective guidance from Shilpa Kolhe throughout the day 
  • Leave with realistic ideas and next steps to take back to your own organisation

In-house training

Available as a bespoke course to teams of 25 people or more. Please do contact us if you would like this training delivered exclusively to your team, with the content developed to drill into the specific needs of your service. Please email Sarah Kemm or call 01732 897788 for further details.

9:00
Registration, technical support and networking opportunity
9:30
Introduction, instructions and course leader’s opening remarks
Shilpa Kolhe, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
9:40
Interactive check-in: Setting your priorities for the day
  • What does your current rapid access/emergency gynaecology/early pregnancy service look like?
  • What are you hoping to learn from today?
  • What would you most like to take back to your organisation?
Delivering effective emergency gynaecology
9:50
Improving rapid access for urgent but clinically stable gynaecology conditions
  • Identifying which urgent but clinically stable gynaecological conditions are most suitable for rapid access review
  • Streamlining patient flow and reducing unnecessary ED attendance through effective rapid access pathways
  • Defining clear referral criteria to support safe, consistent and efficient access into emergency gynaecology clinics
10:20
Questions and answers with Shilpa Kolhe
10:30
Interactive discussion: Strengthening rapid access emergency gynaecology pathways
  • What is already helping your service support women with urgent but clinically stable conditions well?
  • Which conditions are best suited to a rapid access pathway in your setting?
  • What is one opportunity to strengthen your referral pathway further?
10:50
Feedback from interactive discussion: Strengthening rapid access emergency gynaecology pathways
11:00
Screen break
Building joined-up early pregnancy pathways
11:10
Creating joined-up early pregnancy and emergency gynaecology pathways
  • Aligning early pregnancy and emergency gynaecology services to work effectively alongside one another
  • Connecting pathways with ED, urgent care, MAU and assessment units to support smoother access for women
  • Designing local models of care that reflect different staffing, funding and service pressures
11:40
Questions and answers with Shilpa Kolhe
11:50
Interactive discussion: Sharing effective approaches to joined-up early pregnancy care
  • How are early pregnancy and emergency gynaecology services working well together in your setting?
  • How is your staffing for early pregnancy unit- is it a single site service if your Trust has more than one site?
  • What is one opportunity to make your pathway even more joined up?
12:10
Feedback from interactive discussion: Sharing effective approaches to joined-up early pregnancy care
12:20
Lunch break
Strengthening ultrasound and scanning services
12:50
Using ultrasound and scanning to support one-stop gynaecology care
  • Understanding how timely access to scanning can support rapid access and one-stop models of care
  • Clarifying the respective roles of sonographers and clinicians in delivering effective scanning pathways
  • Building ultrasound capability and scanning skills within gynaecology teams to improve service responsiveness
1:20
Questions and answers with Shilpa Kolhe
1:30
Interactive discussion: Optimising ultrasound access and skills
  • What is working well in your current approach to ultrasound and scanning?
  • How is scanning helping to support one-stop care in your service?
  • What is one opportunity to strengthen ultrasound access or skills in your team?
1:50
Feedback from interactive discussion: Optimising ultrasound access and skills
2:00
Screen break
Practical approaches to service development
2:10
Turning rapid access service development into practical action
  • Adapting services to local workforce, resource and pathway constraints
  • Engaging nurses, clinicians, managers and wider stakeholders in meaningful service improvement
  • Identifying realistic opportunities for workforce development, pathway redesign and service growth
2:40
Questions and answers with Shilpa Kolhe
2:50
Interactive discussion: Reflecting on opportunities to strengthen your service
  • What is already helping your service develop in the right direction?
  • How would you go about procuring any equipment needed for service development?
  • What is one idea from today that you could take forward in your own organisation?
3:10
Feedback from interactive discussion: Reflecting on opportunities to strengthen your service
3:20
Course leader’s closing remarks
3:30
Close of day

Your expert workshop leader:

Shilpa Kolhe is a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust, with practical experience of running rapid access clinics and improving local gynaecology pathways. She brings a service-focused perspective to this workshop, sharing insight from her own experience of emergency gynaecology, early pregnancy care, ultrasound and scanning, and one-stop models within the NHS.

Shilpa Kolhe
Job Title:
Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist
Organisation
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Biography

Shilpa Kolhe is a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at Royal Derby Hospital. She is the lead consultant for ambulatory gynaecology and has contributed immensely to develop comprehensive ambulatory hysteroscopy services in her department. 

She qualified from Mumbai University, India in 1997 and completed her postgraduate training in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in 2000. She then trained in South Thames London Deanery and later in East Midland deanery obtaining the Membership of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in 2006.

Since her appointment as a consultant in 2013, Ms Kolhe has developed a full-fledged one-stop diagnostic and see & treat outpatient hysteroscopy service at Derby Hospital shifting over 85% hysteroscopic procedures from day case setting to ambulatory setting. She set up one-stop PMB clinics, outpatient polyp treatment clinics using versapoint/ morcellation techniques, outpatient endometrial ablation clinics and essure hysteroscopic sterilisation service. 

Her clinical interests include menstrual disorders and fibroids; hysteroscopic surgery; minimal access/laparoscopic surgery including total laparoscopic hysterectomy; paediatric and adolescent gynaecology; emergency gynaecology and gynaecology scanning along with high-risk obstetrics.

Pricing Structure

  • £349+VAT for one NHS or public sector place
  • £299+VAT for two or more NHS or Public Sector places (per place)
  • Commercial companies are also invited to sponsor this day. Please email Vanessa Pearce for further details.

Group bookings

You or a colleague can claim the group NHS discount, for booking two or more places across this and any other subsequent event, providing the same pricing structure applies. 

For group bookings of five or more people, please email our delegate support team or call 01732 897788 for further details

In-house training

Available as a bespoke course to teams of 25 people or more. Please do contact us if you would like this training delivered exclusively to your team, with the content developed to drill into the specific needs of your service. Please email Sarah Kemm or call 01732 897788 for further details.

Reservations

You can reserve a no-obligation place whilst you apply for funding

If your funding has not yet been secured or you would like to hold your place with no obligation whilst waiting for your study leave to be approved, you can reserve your place with us. Please email the reservations team at SBK Healthcare with your details:

  • Booking contact: name, job title, department, email and telephone number
  • Event(s) to reserve for: title and date
  • Delegate details (for each delegate): name, job title, department, email and telephone number
  • Organisation details: name and address

Alternatively you can make a confirmed booking by emailing the above information to the bookings team 

How this online forum will work

Once you have booked your place, SBK Healthcare will correspond with you using the email address you provided at the time of booking. Within one week of the online training taking place, you will be sent final details of the course including a full agenda, programme timings and your Zoom joining instructions. This email will include a joining link that can be used to access the course.

If you have not received your email two days before your event, do check your junk folder then contact SBK Healthcare on 01732 897788.

Practice sessions are available. If you would like to attend a zoom practice session before the event takes place, please let us know by emailing bookings@sbk-healthcare.co.uk. You will have the opportunity to meet an SBK Healthcare staff member who will ensure you are able to access zoom, that your camera and microphone work and you are fully set-up for the day. This is optional but if you do wish to attend, please use the same device that you plan to use on the day.

On the day, when registration starts, you will be able to join the course by initially entering a waiting room when there may be a short wait. The forum will include screen breaks, as well as topic themed interactive sessions which will take place in the breakout rooms.

Click here to view the specially created 5-minute video that will walk you through how to get the most out of attending your SBK Healthcare interactive online forum.

Terms and conditions

Certification of attendance

A certificate for Continuing Professional Development will be given to every fully registered participant who completes the course, as a record of your continuing professional training and development.

Registration fees

You will be sent an instant payment option or invoice on registration. Your payment is required in advance. If your fee has not been received prior to the event, and you are not able to provide a PO or proof of payment, you will be asked to make a credit or debit card payment on the day.

Modify registration

To let us know if your details are not correct when you have already registered, please email the bookings team.

Cancellations and substitutions

A full refund of fees will be made only for cancellations received within the first 48 hours of the booking being made. Notice of cancellation must be received in writing by emailing the bookings team at SBK Healthcare. Should you need to cancel your registration after this date, the registration fee remains payable in its entirety although a substitution will be accepted and conference documentation will be provided. Substitution attendees for delegates unable to attend after registering are acceptable at any time.

Event changes

It may be necessary for reasons beyond the control of the conference organisers to alter the content, speakers or the timing of the programme. We will endeavour to keep you abreast of such changes but any unavoidable change to the format will not constitute a reason to refund the fee. Should the event be postponed, we will endeavour to reschedule the event. If, for reasons beyond the control of the conference organiser, the event is cancelled, a full refund will be made. We do not accept any liability for any incurred costs resulting from a postponement or cancellation.

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Expected attendees

This online workshop is designed for professionals involved in developing, delivering or improving rapid access, emergency gynaecology and early pregnancy services. This includes, but is not limited to: 

  • Consultant Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
  • Advanced Nurse Practitioners and Lead Nurses
  • Clinical Nurse Specialists
  • Gynaecology and Women’s Health Service Managers
  • Early Pregnancy Unit Leads
  • Sonographers
  • Operational leads and pathway leads for gynaecology and early pregnancy services

If you have a team that is 25 people or more, you can have a bespoke course delivered online to your team alone. Please contact Sarah Kemm or telephone 01732 897788.

Past attendee feedback

This gynaecology workshop is part of a series designed to address practical challenges, current priorities and the realities of service delivery across women’s health. Attendees value the relevant content, knowledgeable speakers and the opportunity to hear how other teams are approaching similar issues. Hear how previous participants have benefitted from shared learning, real service experience and expert-led sessions: 

“Informative, well run and friendly”

Strengthening Support for Menopause after Gynaecological Cancer, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust, November, 2025

“Excellent forum, really insightful”

Strengthening Support for Menopause after Gynaecological Cancer, Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust, November, 2025

“All really knowledgeable and clearly passionate about their areas of work”

Strengthening Support for Menopause after Gynaecological Cancer, Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust, November, 2025

“Excellent course content. A lot to take away and think about. Very well organised”

Enabling Psychosexual Health in Gynaecologic Cancer, University Hospitals Birmingham (Queen Elizabeth), February, 2024

“A great day to network. I have taken some points away that I would like to try and implement in our department”

Enabling Psychosexual Health in Gynaecologic Cancer, Worcestershire Acute NHS Trust, February, 2024

“Excellent way of sharing ideas and linking with colleagues”

Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, Developing your Gynaecology Same Day Emergency Care Service, June, 2022

“Very informative, some brilliant ideas that my team and I can take forward”

The Rotherham Foundation Trust, Developing your Gynaecology Same Day Emergency Care Service, June, 2022

“It was great to network with colleagues across the UK. Lots of learning to take back to the service”

NHS Fife, Developing your Gynaecology Same Day Emergency Care Service, June, 2022

“This course was extremely beneficial and it has gave me some excellent ideas in evolving my acute GEAU service”

RVI Gynaecology, Developing your Gynaecology Same Day Emergency Care Service, June, 2022

“It was a very good training and learning from each other was great”

Barts Health NHS Trust, Progressing Nurse-Led Sonography in Early Pregnancy Assessment Units, November, 2022

“Very informative. Beneficial seeing how other trusts differ”

Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust, Progressing Nurse-Led Sonography in Early Pregnancy Assessment Units, November, 2022

View further comments on SBK Healthcare events on Trust Pilot.

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Reach out today

If you would like more information on our sponsorship options an in-house forum or if you wish to discuss your needs and what solutions may be appropriate for your business, please contact: 

Vanessa Pearce
Contact: 01732 897788 
Email: vanessa.pearce@sbk-healthcare.co.uk