A race to the finish line

Abstract

Isioma Dianne Okolo MBChB DTMH MPH MRCOG,* Malini Prasad FRCOG MMed Edu MSc MD, Farah Siddiqui MD FRCOG, Jo Mountfield FRCOG, Rehan Khan MRCOG DipIPM, Susan Ward FRCOG, Elisabeth Peregrine FRCOG, Karen Joash MRCOG, Simon Bowen MBA BA, Bridget Agboola, Carly Edwards, Sarah Elkhatim MRCOG, Sonia Dore Psych MSc BSc, Ranee Thakar MD FRCOG Research Fellow, Program in Global Surgery & Social Change, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA Specialty Registrar ST7, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Lothian EH16 4SA, UK Consultant, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, West Suffolk Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Bury St Edmunds IP33 2QZ, UK Consultant in Fetal and Maternal Medicine and Obstetrician Training Programme Director, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester LE1 5WW, UK Vice President Workforce and Professionalism, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London SE1 1SZ, UK Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Royal London Hospital, London E1 1FR, UK Differential Attainment Advisor, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London SE1 1SZ, UK Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Trust, Sutton-InAshfield, Nottinghamshire NG17 4JL, UK Vice President Education, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London SE1 1SZ, UK Consultant, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Surrey KT2 7QB, UK Educational Supervisor Champion, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London SE1 1SZ, UK Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea Hospital, London W12 0HS, UK Director of Membership, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London SE1 1SZ, UK Medical Student, College of Medicine & Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Lothian EH16 4SA, UK Executive Director, Education and Quality, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London SE1 1SZ, UK Specialty Doctor, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Pilgrim Hospital, United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust, LN2 5QY, UK Head of Programme, Race Equality Taskforce, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London SE1 1SZ, UK Consultant Urogynaecologist, Urogynaecology Department, Croydon University Hospital, London CR7 7YE, UK Chair, Race Equality Taskforce, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London SE1 1SZ, UK President, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London SE1 1SZ, UK *Correspondence: Isioma Dianne Okolo. Email: isioma.okolo@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk