FREE NHS Contraception Service Terms & Conditions – These Terms are include the inclusion and exclusion criteria set out by the NHS and Community Pharmacy England. This Service can only supply Oral Contraceptives (OC).

Inclusion Criteria:

1. The patient must be able to provide accurate details. 
2. They must also provide the most recent weight, height and blood pressure reading. 
3. An individual seeking to be initiated on an OC, or seeking to obtain a further supply of their ongoing OC
4. Combined oral contraceptive (COC) – age from menarche up to and including 49 years of age
5. Progestogen only pill (POP) – age from menarche up to and including 54 years.

Exclusion Criteria:

A person will not eligible for this service if: 

• The individual is considered clinically unsuitable, or is excluded for supply of OC according to the PGD protocols, including, but not limited to: 
• Individuals under 16 years of age and assessed as not competent using Fraser Guidelines; and
• Individuals 16 years of age and over and assessed as lacking capacity to consent.

Consent

Prior to provision of the service, verbal consent must be sought from the individual by the pharmacist and recorded in the clinical record for the service. 

Pharmacy owners also need to ensure that the individual is made aware that the following sharing of information will take place: 

• The sharing of information between the pharmacy and the individual’s general practice (where the individual agrees to this) to allow the recording of the appropriate information in their GP practice record; 
• The sharing of information about the service with NHS England as part of service monitoring and evaluation; and 
• The sharing of information about the service with the NHSBSA and NHS England for the purpose of contract management and as part of post-payment verification (PPV). 

However, if the person does not consent to sharing information with their general practice or they are not registered with a general practice, the consultation can still proceed, and a notification to the practice will not need to be sent.