Supplying emergency hormonal contraception as a Pharmacy medicine

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1 The legal basis for selling a Pharmacy medicine
2 Check the exact product licence
3 Clinical assessment before supply
4 Advance supply of oral emergency contraception
5 Supply to a child under 16
6 Safeguarding is separate from consent
7 Children under 13
8 Children aged 13 to 15
9 Patients aged 16 and 17
10 Adults and vulnerable adults
11 Confidentiality and information sharing
12 Differences across the UK
13 When another person requests EHC on the patient’s behalf
14 Religious or personal beliefs

Emergency hormonal contraception, often abbreviated to EHC, can be supplied from a registered pharmacy without a prescription where the particular product is legally classified as a Pharmacy medicine. The two principal oral emergency contraceptives are: levonorgestrel 1.5 mg, normally taken within 72 hours of unprotected sexual intercourse or failure of a contraceptive method; and ulipristal…

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