Dates: 29 and 30 September 2026
Location: Manchester and Online

The leading conference for sexual and reproductive healthcare professionals.

Join us at the CoSRH Conference 2026: Healthy Futures, a two-day conference designed to inform clinical practice, invigorate professional growth, and inspire better outcomes in sexual and reproductive healthcare.

Whether you’re looking to deepen your understanding of trauma-informed care, explore the relationship between contraception and chronic kidney disease, understand the rise in HIV diagnoses in women, support patients’ sexual well-being, or reflect on your own clinical practice, this is the conference for you. 

Don’t miss this unique opportunity to learn from expert speakers, connect with peers, and gain fresh insights that will shape the future of SRH. 

The conference is available to attend both in-person and virtually. Register now to secure your spot at the must-attend SRH event of the year! 

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Programme highlights

• Opening keynote speaker Dr Deborah Cohen on Autonomy and control: Politics, the internet and women’s health 
• Closing keynote address by Dr Nighat Arif on Menopause: Are we nearly there yet?
• Oral and poster presentations spotlighting pioneering work from your peers
• Dr Hannah Beckwith on Complicated contraception: Contraception and chronic kidney disease
• Dr Grace Sutton on Fertility awareness apps: The story so far
• Dr Shema Tariq on Women and HIV: Understanding the rise in diagnoses and tackling the stigma
• Nikki Craig on Chronic pelvic pain and how occupational therapists can help manage symptoms in men
• Paula Baraitser on Contraception to abortion: Contragestion
• John Reynolds Wright on Male contraception
• Rima Smith on Endometriosis in adolescents: The diagnosis we're still missing
• Jenny Hall on Understanding barriers to adoption of hormonal contraception
• Sophie Behrman on Perimenopause, menopause and mental health
• AI in healthcare: A college debate

Speakers

Dr Deborah Cohen

Dr Deborah Cohen is a Senior Visiting Fellow at LSE Health and an award-winning, medically qualified broadcaster, journalist and author. She trained as a doctor before moving into investigative journalism and health reporting, describing herself as an "escapee medic". At The BMJ, she founded and led the investigations unit, using data analysis and forensic reporting to expose serious issues in medicine and health policy. She later served as Science Editor at ITV News and as a UK & Health Correspondent for BBC Newsnight, including during the COVID-19 pandemic. Her investigative work spans major programmes including BBC Panorama, Channel 4 Dispatches, ITV Tonight and BBC's File on Four, and has spurred changes in clinical practice, regulatory reform and parliamentary inquiries. Her reporting has also fed into global investigations and Netflix documentaries. Deborah is the author of 'Bad Influence: How the Internet Hijacked Our Health', on the commodification of health in an age of anxiety and why we can no longer distinguish medicine from marketing. As a speaker, she bridges medicine, journalism and policy, bringing deep expertise in navigating complexity, communicating science to broad audiences, and interrogating power in health and research.

Dr Nighat Arif

Dr Nighat is a GP specialising in women's health, family planning and menopause care with over 18 years of experience in the NHS and she runs her own private practice. She is an honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. She is a medical broadcaster on BBC and ITV. She is a health content creator working with YouTube Health and the WHO Fides programme as well as a BBC Podcast called “That Time of The Month”. Dr Nighat is the board member for Wellbeing of Women and co-founder of The Health Collective. Dr Nighat is the recipient of the 2023 Prime Ministers 'Point of Light' Award in recognition of her work of raising awareness of Women's Health issues in the UK and the 2024 Woman of the Year at the Asian Achievers Awards as well as recognised with having her portrait in the National Portrait Gallery as one of the “LEGENDS” making waves in healthcare in the UK. Dr Nighat is the author of the bestselling The Knowledge: Your guide to female health from Menstruation to the Menopause, a fully inclusive and illustrated book on all things women’s health. Her New book, The Complete Guide to Family health is out now. Her work has been published in British Vogue, The Times and Good Housekeeping.

Dr Shema Tariq

Dr Shema Tariq is a Clinical Academic at UCL's Institute for Global Health, and Honorary Consultant Physician at the Mortimer Market Centre, where she founded one of the UK's first specialist HIV and menopause services. Since 2008, Shema's research has focused on women living with HIV, spanning studies on menopause, infant feeding, antenatal care and peer support, many of which have informed guidelines. She is former Vice Chair of the BHIVA Pregnancy and HIV guidelines writing committee, and leads the writing of the HIV and infant feeding guidelines. Shema is currently writing her first non-fiction book for a general audience on the history of the vaginal speculum and what it tells us about contemporary women's healthcare (due for publication in Spring 2028).

John Reynolds-Wright

John Reynolds-Wright is a Senior Clinical Research Fellow and Honorary Consultant in Sexual and Reproductive Health, based at the Centre for Reproductive Health within the Institute of Regeneration and Repair at the University of Edinburgh. He leads and contributes to clinical research across abortion care, post-abortion contraception, pharmacy-delivered sexual and reproductive healthcare, and male contraception. His expertise spans clinical trials, mixed methods health services research, and qualitative research. His work focuses on improving abortion care, including pain management during medical abortion, and advancing novel contraceptive methods, particularly for men. He also serves as Associate Editor at BMJ Sexual and Reproductive Health, Evidence Co-lead for the British Society of Abortion Care Providers, a member of the College of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare Research Committee, and an expert reviewer for the WHO Human Reproduction Programme Research Project Review Panel.

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Pricing

Bursaries and funds

We offer the following funds and bursaries to support people in joining the conference:

• The Member Support Fund
• The Specialty Training Fund
• Bursary fund: bursary applications closed on 7 June 2026 and all successful applicants have been informed.

Abstract submissions are now closed

Our abstract submission deadline has now passed and abstracts are in the review process. All submitters have been notified of the outcome.
Prizes will be awarded for the best oral presentation and best poster.
Read more information in the Abstract Submission Guidelines

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How to book

If you have any issues with booking the event, please contact the Events team at [email protected].

Sponsorship

Sponsors for this conference will be announced in due course. For information regarding prospective sponsorships, including available packages and further details, please contact [email protected].