CPD Module: Contraception

After completing this module, you should be more aware of:

• the context for increasing availability of contraception via community pharmacy;
• the extent and cost of oral contraceptive prescribing and how it is changing;
• the increasing use of the progestogen-only pill or minipill;
• concerns over the decline in long-acting reversible contraception (LARC);
• socio-economic differences in contraceptive use and outcomes;
• the relative effectiveness of various contraceptive methods;
• physiological effects of hormonal contraceptives;
• considerations for selecting a contraceptive method;
• considerations when discussing LARCs;
• the support for reclassifying desogestrel as an over the counter medicine
• recent data on cancer risk associated with hormonal contraception.