Royal College of General Practitioners - Online Learning Environment

These are materials from the Women’s health half day conference that took place on 12 November 2025. This presentation will be available to view until 12 November 2026.

The conference provided a deep dive into the most significant updates in HRT and contraception, equipping clinicians with practical tools to navigate evolving guidelines and patient expectations.

The session will begin with the newly published FSRH guidance (Jan 2024), focusing on changes to injectable contraception and implications for service delivery. The second half turns to menopause, covering the major changes in the 2024 NICE guideline, including the growing role of testosterone therapy, personalised treatment planning, and the demystification of societal beliefs around HRT and bioidentical hormones.

Real-world case scenarios and interactive polls will ensure take-home strategies are directly translatable to practice.

Topics covered:

• GLP-1 & FSRH 2024 updates on contraception
• injectable contraceptive choices and real-world prescribing challenges
• advice on practical HRT prescribing: what, when, and how
• advice on testosterone in menopause: prescribing safely, busting myths
• benefits and risks of blood tests and how to manage patient expectations

Please note, this presentation is only available to those who attended the course on the day.

All presentations are watermarked and are not to be shared with others. These will only be available to view online up until 12 November 2026.

These are materials from a course that took place April 2025 - March 2026. This presentation will be available to view until 31 March 2028.

This course has been specifically designed to ensure practitioners meet the requirements of the 2014 DES Minor Surgery Contract and has been approved by NHS England formulated from the latest NHS e-guidelines to do so.

Topics Include:                

• Preparation and planning
• instruments materials and sterilisation
• Local anaesthesia
• Basic surgical technique
• Epidermal cysts and abscesses
• Snip, scrape and shave lesions
• Pigmented lesions
• Cryosurgery
• Joint injection techniques
• Skin cancer
• Medico-legal

Please note, these presentations are only available to those who attended the course on the day.

All presentations are watermarked and are not to be shared with others. These will only be available to view online up until 31 March 2029.

These are materials from a course that took place March 2024- March 2025. This presentation will be available to view until 31 March 2028.

Topics Include:                

• Preparation and planning
• instruments materials and sterilisation
• Local anaesthesia
• Basic surgical technique
• Epidermal cysts and abscesses
• Snip, scrape and shave lesions
• Pigmented lesions
• Cryosurgery
• Joint injection techniques
• Skin cancer
• Medico-legal

Please note, these presentations are only available to those who attended the course on the day.

All presentations are watermarked and are not to be shared with others. These will only be available to view online up until 31 March 2028.

These are materials from part 2 of the Effective out of hours series that took place on 16 September 2025. This presentation will be available to view until 16 September 2026.

This course explored some of the differences between out of hours work and daytime general practice, including remote assessment, decision-making, lack of continuity of care and limited access to the electronic medical record. 

Topics Include:                

• infectious diseases
• ethics
• organisational issues

Please note, these presentations are only available to those who attended the course on the day.

All presentations are watermarked and are not to be shared with others. These will only be available to view online up until 16 September 2026.