Contraception Service

A Quick Overview of the Contraception Service (3.35)

The Contraception service allows you to record the details of oral contraceptive products and prescriptions provided to patients by your pharmacy as part of the national Tier 1 Advanced Service.

See https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/nhs-pharmacy-contraception-service-tier-1-ongoing-supply-of-oral-contraception/ for more information on the NHS Pharmacy Contraception Service.

Accessing the Contraception Service

There are two ways you can access the Contraception service, either:

From the Pharmacy Services Side Navigation Bar select Contraception Service , or,
From the Pharmacy Services Dashboard select the Contraception Service Overview tile:

Training Tip - The tile also displays how many Contraception episodes are currently in progress.

The Contraception Service screen displays:

From the Contraception Service screen you can:

Start a new Contraception service.

See Starting a New Contraception Service for more details.
Complete a Contraception service.

See Completing a Contraception Service for more details.
View active and completed Contraception services.

See Viewing Contraception Service Episodes for more details.
Search for and sort the Contraception services.

See Searching for and Sorting Contraception Service Episodes for more details.

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