Call for Abstracts

Information about the BSUG Annual Research Meeting on Friday 20th November 2026

The Annual Research Meeting (ARM) of BSUG will be held in the Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists on the date above. This year the ARM is an integral part of the Annual Scientific Meeting meeting.

As always, attendance at the ARM is free-of-charge for BSUG members and their guests. It is not necessary for you to register for the Annual Scientific Meeting (but we would encourage you do so!).

We welcome submission of abstracts for presentation at this meeting describing original research or relevant audits/quality improvement work. All areas of urogynaecology are welcome including basic science and clinical studies.

WE DO NOT ACCEPT CASE REPORTS, but accept all other study types.

Prizes

Best abstract (£300)

Best oral presentation (£150)

Best poster (£50)

All submissions must be made using the Google Form link here:

Complete one form for each abstract if you plan to submit more than one. Please include all required fields or you will not be able to submit the form. The abstracts should be structured as Introduction, Methods, Results, Conclusions (strict maximum 300 words). You can include a maximum of five references and may upload one tables or figure. By submitting the abstract to the meeting you are agreeing that, if accepted for presentation at the meeting, it is published on the BSUG website and in a peer reviewed journal as a conference abstract.

The content of the abstracts (title, introduction, methods, results and conclusions), along with references and figure/image will be used for blind peer review and therefore must exclude names and places of hospitals to ensure anonymity. A maximum of 300 words and a maximum of five references will be allowed in the text of the abstract. Abstracts which do not adhere to these requirements will be rejected without scoring. It is important that submitted abstracts contain work which has not been presented at formal national speciality meetings in the UK before, nor been published in a scientific journal. “Formal speciality meetings” are defined as those where CME credits were available for participants.

For research involving human subjects, details of ethical approval must accompany your submission, and details of the registration of randomised trials must also be submitted. This will be collected via a file upload on the Google form.

Abstracts will be subjected to blind competitive peer review by members of the research subcommittee and the top scoring abstracts will be selected for presentation. Details of how the abstracts will be scored can be found here.

The deadline for abstract submission is Wednesday 2nd September 2026 at midnight. Late submissions will not be accepted.

If your abstract is selected for an oral presentation you are entitled to attend the BSUG Annual Meeting free-of-charge. We have agreed to offer the 10 oral presenters selected free registration, for the main presenter only. All remaining accepted abstracts will be offered a poster and will need to pay full registration.

We are keen to receive abstracts where the presenting author (usually the first author) is a resident doctor or an allied health professional (AHP). Resident doctors or AHPs must be BSUG members for at least one year prior to submission. Doctors or AHPs with less than one year’s membership must be working under the direct supervision of a BSUG member. No more than TWO submissions will be accepted per presenter at the discretion of the Chair of the Research Committee.