Annual Meeting of the Northern Obstetrical and Gynaecological Society, Conference Hall, Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy, Scotland, 28 May 1999.

Information about several papers discussed at the annual meeting of the Northern Obstetrical and Gynaecological Society is presented. The papers presented include a study that determines the difference in perinatal outcome between those with gestational glucose intolerance with normal glucose tolerance, and a study that assess the effectiveness and acceptability of self-administered mifepristone with nurse administered vaginal misoprostol as a cervical priming agent.