Contraceptive agents

Real respect for patients is having respect for their morals, despite your own

I was very pleased to see the article ‘Refusing to supply emergency hormonal contraception undermines our profession — no pharmacist should do it’, by Cathy Cooke in the March 2020 issue of The Pharmaceutical Journal. For a succinct view of this matter, may I also refer reade…

Refusing to supply emergency hormonal contraception undermines our profession — no pharmacist should do it

Allowing personal beliefs to prevent patients accessing emergency hormonal contraception goes against the patient-centred care standards that pharmacists should uphold.…

Useful look at the wider societal effects of the contraceptive pill

How the Pill Changes Everything: Your Brain on Birth Control by Sarah Hill…

Calls for emergency contraception to be available without a pharmacist consultation

Emergency contraception should be available over the counter without the need for a consultation with a pharmacist, the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists has said.…

Emergency contraception and smoking cessation should be commissioned nationally, say pharmacy organisations

Pharmacy organisations are calling for a single national service specification for prevention services in community pharmacy, such as smoking cessation and the provision of emergency hormonal contraception.…

Endometriosis: symptoms, diagnosis and management

Early diagnosis and multi-modal treatment is necessary to improve quality of life in adolescents and women with endometriosis.…

Scottish pharmacists to be paid more for emergency contraception provision following fall in unintended pregnancy rates

Community pharmacists in Scotland will now be reimbursed at an increased rate of £30 per patient for providing emergency hormonal contraception because of the effect the service has had on unintended pregnancies.…

MPs call for new sexual health strategy

MPs are calling for a new national strategy for sexual health services in England.…

Contraceptive pills to go out-of-stock for months resulting from ‘capacity issues’

Two contraceptive pills will go out of stock until summer 2019, forcing prescribers to switch some women to alternative brands.…

Emergency contraception services should be commissioned nationally as part of community pharmacy contract, CCA says

The Company Chemists’ Association has called on NHS England and other healthcare bodies to establish a single national pharmacy specification for emergency hormonal contraception services to be used by all healthcare commissioners in England.…