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Speak to a pharmacist about eligible oral contraception services in a private and professional setting.
Service summary
About this service
The oral contraception service provides confidential pharmacy support for eligible patients who need contraception advice or ongoing supply.
A pharmacist will ask clinical questions, check suitability, and explain how to use oral contraception safely.
The consultation is private and designed to support informed, safe choices.

Confidential care
Oral contraception support in a private pharmacy setting.
Confidential advice
Eligibility checks
Ongoing support
Confidential access to contraception advice in a pharmacy setting.
Suitability checks before supply, including relevant health and medicine factors.
Clear advice on missed pills, side effects, interactions, and when to seek medical help.
Convenient ongoing support where the service is available and suitable.
Personal guidance
Suitability checks and clear advice on ongoing supply.

Consultation
The pharmacist checks key health factors before supply.
The pharmacist or trained team member will ask focused questions about your symptoms, health history, medicines, allergies, and any relevant risk factors.
You will be told whether the service is suitable before anything is supplied or administered.
If the service is not suitable, the team will explain the safest next step, such as contacting your GP, NHS 111, urgent care, or another specialist service.
Before you visit
Bring the details that help the team assess you safely.
After your appointment
Clear advice before you leave the pharmacy.
The service is NHS funded where eligibility criteria are met.
This page provides service information only. Final suitability, eligibility, clinical details, and next steps are confirmed by the pharmacy team.
For severe symptoms, chest pain, breathing difficulty, stroke symptoms, severe allergic reaction, confusion, or rapidly worsening illness, use urgent care, NHS 111, or 999 as appropriate.