Contraception & Family Planning
Doctors and Practice Nurses provide a comprehensive family planning service.
We have Doctors trained in the fitting and removal of contraceptive coils and implants. For more information on this, please contact Emily (LARC Co-ordinator) at the surgery.
You can now get your contraceptive pill through your local pharmacy first
Most patients can now get their contraceptive pill directly from a local pharmacy — without needing a GP appointment.
Local pharmacies offer a free NHS service where trained pharmacists can:-
- Start the contraceptive pill
- Continue or restart your existing pill
- Provide ongoing supplies
- Offer contraception advice in a private consultation
- You will receive the same checks and reviews that your GP Surgery would carry out
In many cases, this is quicker and easier than booking a GP appointment.
Why use the pharmacy first?
- Faster access — often same day
- No need for a GP appointment or prescription
- Private and confidential consultation
- Free on the NHS
- Helps keep GP appointments available for patients with more complex medical needs
How to get your pill
- Contact a participating local pharmacy or walk in
- Ask for the NHS contraception service
- The pharmacist will assess you and supply the pill if suitable
When should you contact the GP practice instead?
Please contact us if:
- The pharmacist advises GP review
- You have complex medical conditions or medication concerns
- You want contraception methods other than the pill (e.g. coil, implant, injection)
- You have new symptoms or side-effects that need medical assessment
There are always same day appointments available for emergency contraception.
is a website for young people living in Bath and North East Somerset. On this website you can find information and advice on: free condoms (C-card); contraception; emergency contraception; sexually transmitted infections (STIs); pregnancy; sexual & gender identity; relationships and sexual abuse.
You can also find all the sexual health and relationship services that you can access across Bath and North East Somerset and those closest to you.
SAFE stands for Sexual health Advice For Everyone, and is a quality standard offered to all organisations who provide sexual health advice and information to young people aged 13 to 24. Any service showing the SAFE logo shows that services are young person friendly.
If you take an oral contraceptive you will have an annual review with a nurse.
More information on contraception options can be seen here.
Terminations
Marie Stopes International
The leading provider of sexual and reproductive health services in the UK and has been commissioned to provide free of charge abortion services. Patients can self-refer to their services without the need for a GP appointment. Their confidential telephone line – One Call 0345 450 3964 – is fully operational, day or night, 7 days a week. Patients can call this number to talk through their options, book treatment or receive specialist clinical advise from our nursing team and counsellors.
British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) is the UK’s leading abortion care service, Patients can self-refer by visiting the website http://www.bpas.org/
Patients do not require a referral from their GP.