RICHARD
PORTER, MA MSc BM BCh FRCOG
Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Royal
United Hospital (RUH), Bath, England
Director of Maternity Services (RUH), 1991-2003
Lead Uro-gynaecologist/Pelvic Floor Surgeon (RUH),
2001-
Adviser on Maternity Services (in Former Soviet
Republics) to WHO, UK Department of International Development, and NGOs
1992-2003
Adviser on Maternity Services to Ministry of Health,
Uzbekistan: 2008-2009
ROYAL
UNITED HOSPITAL, BATH is one of the largest
District General Hospitals in the UK.
The Maternity department is in the top 15 (by size) in the UK, and has
one of the best safety records, whilst also having the highest number of
deliveries outside Consultant Obstetric care in the UK (>40%) – 35% of all
deliveries take place in sites other than the main hospital.
For
Gynaecology the catchment population is 450,000. This generates a considerable workload.
BORN: 1951
MEDICAL
SCHOOL: Oxford [BM, BCh, 1977]
RESEARCH
DEGREE: MSc,
Oxford
QUALIFIED: 1977
CONSULTANT
GYNAECOLOGIST: 1989-
CURRENT
INTERESTS: Advanced
pelvic floor surgery and urogynaecology
Intermediate-technology
Maternity service provision
Bath, July 2008