C6d. Providing an emergency hormonal contraception service

Community pharmacies to provide three-month supply of desogestrel as bridging contraception

Providing a three-month supply of contraception is expected to give patients "time to access their GP or sexual health services" for long-term prescriptions.…

High Court rules that pharmacy relocation would inconvenience women seeking emergency contraception

The High Court has ruled against plans to relocate a Derby pharmacy because of the potential impact on women seeking emergency hormonal contraception.…

Opinion divided on the supply of EHC

Opinion on whether pharmacists should be obliged to supply emergency hormonal contraception is almost equally split, according to the results of the latest PJ Online poll. Just over half of the poll participants, 52 per cent (90 votes) did not agree that pharmacists should have to supply EHC regardl…