Abstract
Community gynaecology is a new subspeciality within gynaecology and encompasses the disciplines of family planning and sexual health. Basic diploma level training is available for postgraduate trainees in primary care and gynaecology, but in addition there is now specialist registrar training over three years for consultant posts in community gynaecology. In addition, the Faculty of Family Planning (www.ffprhc.org.uk) sets and monitors standards and training in primary and secondary care arenas, maintains uniform standards of care with clinical effectiveness guidelines, and provides ongoing accred-itation. Cathy Tupper describes the evolving role of her subspeciality, which has kept many of the aspects of the former family planning services such as walk-in clinics and self-referrals that made the work so variable and the service so accessible.
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