All doctors can prescribe both the combined oral contraceptive pill and the progesterone only pill, as well as the contraceptive patch, and to give guidance on the use of natural family planning methods and counselling and referral for male and female sterilisation.
The doctors can also offer prescriptions of contraceptive injections which are administered by the nurse in the surgery. While we do not offer fitting of the contraceptive implant (Implanon) in the surgery, all the doctors will be happy to offer guidance relating to its use and to refer patients to the family planning service which offers a fitting service in the building.