Advice and prescriptions covering the combined pill, progestogen-only pill and emergency contraception.
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Contraception is one of the things people most often need quickly and least often manage to get quickly.
The consultation covers what you're currently using, whether it still suits you, and what the alternatives are — including methods we cannot prescribe remotely but can refer you for.
We can prescribe the combined oral contraceptive pill, the progestogen-only pill, and emergency contraception where appropriate.
Coils, implants and injections require a physical procedure, so we refer rather than provide these.
NHS sexual health services provide contraception free of charge, including methods we cannot offer remotely. If that is the better route we will say so.
What we offer is speed and an appointment that fits around your day.
Medical history, migraine history, smoking status, BMI and blood pressure. These determine which methods are safe for you — particularly whether the combined pill is an option.
Issued digitally for any UK pharmacy.
Irregular bleeding is common in the first three months and usually settles. Worth knowing before you conclude it is not working.
Annual review, or sooner if something is not right.
Coils, implants and contraceptive injections all require someone in the room. We can refer you, including to free NHS sexual health services.
Common early effects include irregular bleeding, breast tenderness, nausea and mood changes, often settling within three months.
The combined pill slightly increases the risk of blood clots. Seek urgent medical attention for calf pain or swelling, chest pain, breathlessness, severe headache with visual disturbance, or weakness on one side.
The combined pill is not suitable with migraine with aura, a history of blood clots, uncontrolled high blood pressure, smoking over 35, BMI over 35 with other risk factors, or certain cancers.
The progestogen-only pill is often suitable where the combined pill is not.
Irregular bleeding and spotting in the first three months are common with almost every hormonal method and usually settle. A great many women stop in month two, concluding a method has failed when it has not finished settling.
Breast tenderness, nausea and mood changes follow the same pattern.
These are the combined pill warning signs and they are worth memorising:
The combined pill is generally stopped at 50; the progestogen-only pill can continue to 55. Contraception is advised until 55, or for one year after the last period over 50 and two years under 50.
HRT is not contraception, which catches people out — see menopause and HRT.
Contraception does not replace cervical screening. Keep attending.
We would rather say this plainly: contraception is free on the NHS, including at sexual health clinics that take self-referrals, offer walk-in appointments, and provide the methods we cannot.
What we offer is speed and an appointment that fits round your day. That is worth something to some people and nothing to others.
Anything needing someone in the room:
These long-acting methods are considerably more effective than the pill in real-world use, because they do not depend on remembering anything. We can refer.
The copper coil, condoms, and fertility awareness methods, which can be effective when taught properly and used consistently — an app alone is not a method.
Sterilisation, male or female, for anyone certain their family is complete. Vasectomy is simpler, safer and more reliable than female sterilisation, and is under-considered.
Worth raising if relevant: hormonal methods are used for heavy periods, endometriosis, PCOS, acne and premenstrual symptoms. Choosing a method that treats both at once is often the better decision.
£40 for the consultation, and £40 for the annual review. The prescription itself is included.
Contraceptive pills are inexpensive, generic and cheap as private prescriptions. We earn nothing from what is prescribed.
All contraception is free on the NHS — no prescription charge applies to contraceptives at all, for anyone, at any age. Sexual health clinics take self-referrals and often have walk-in appointments.
So paying us buys speed and convenience, not a better or different medicine. That is a legitimate thing to buy if you cannot get an appointment for weeks or cannot take time out of work — but you should know exactly what you are paying for.
Long-acting methods — coil, implant, injection — are free on the NHS, more effective than the pill in real-world use, and require nothing of you day to day. If you are choosing a method for the next few years rather than the next few months, they are worth a conversation even though we cannot fit them.
No hormone testing to "check" contraception, which is not a thing. No supplements. We sell nothing.
Usually yes, following the assessment — medical history, migraine history, smoking status, BMI and a blood pressure reading. Blood pressure is required before the combined pill can be started or continued, so have a recent reading ready if you can; pharmacies check it free.
No — those need someone in the room, so we refer. NHS sexual health services provide them free and usually take self-referrals.
They are also more effective than the pill in real-world use, because they do not depend on remembering anything.
It is entirely free on the NHS, and we would rather you knew that. No prescription charge applies to contraception for anyone.
What you are paying us for is speed and an appointment that fits your day — not a different or better medicine.
Act today, and check the free routes first. It is free at many pharmacies, at sexual health clinics and at some walk-in centres.
Weight matters: a higher dose of levonorgestrel may be needed above about 70kg. Ask.
The critical question is whether you get aura — visual disturbance, zigzag lines, numbness or speech difficulty before the headache.
Migraine with aura is an absolute contraindication to the combined pill because of stroke risk. Migraine without aura is usually fine.
The progestogen-only pill, implant, injection and coils are all options either way, so this rules out one method rather than contraception generally.
The combined pill, yes — over 35 and smoking is a contraindication because of clot and cardiovascular risk.
Everything else remains available, and this is as good a reason as any to talk about stopping smoking, where NHS services are free and roughly triple your chances.
Almost certainly it is working — unscheduled bleeding in the first three months is very common and usually settles.
It is the commonest reason people abandon a method that would have suited them. If it persists past three months, come back — there is usually a fix.
The rules differ between the combined and progestogen-only pill, and the leaflet in the packet has them. Broadly: take it as soon as you remember, and use condoms for seven days if more than one was missed on the combined pill.
Vomiting within 2–3 hours or severe diarrhoea counts as a missed pill. Ring us rather than guessing.
Yes — several antiepileptics, rifampicin, and St John's Wort, which is bought over the counter and causes unintended pregnancies every year.
Most antibiotics do not, contrary to what many people were told years ago. Tell the GP everything you take, including supplements.
Yes, and for many women it is a better regimen. Tailored and continuous use of the combined pill is now standard practice, and the monthly bleed on the pill is not a real period and serves no medical purpose.
It is worth asking about if you get headaches or heavy bleeding in the pill-free week.
No. Fertility returns quickly after stopping the pill, coil or implant — often immediately.
The injection is the exception, where return of fertility can take up to a year. Worth knowing if you are planning a pregnancy in the near future.
Clinically reviewed by Dr Mohammad Zubair Khan, GMC 7563469
Last reviewed
August 23, 2026
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Twenty unhurried minutes and a comprehensive assessment. A written treatment plan is included, along with any prescription, sick note or referral letter arising from the consultation, at no extra charge.
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It means the diagnosis can usually be made from your history and photographs, and that treatment can be arranged safely without examining you. Where a condition is not marked treatable online, it is because examination is the diagnosis — listening to a chest, feeling an abdomen, examining an ear or a joint — or because a procedure or device is needed.
Yes, where there is a genuine bacterial infection — cellulitis, impetigo, bacterial urine infections, confirmed strep throat. We will also frequently tell you that you do not need one. Most sore throats, coughs, colds and earaches are viral, and an antibiotic gives you the side effects with none of the benefit.
If your problem turns out to be genuinely outside what we can do remotely, the doctor will tell you straight away, point you to the right service, and refund your fee in full. We would rather do that than fill twenty minutes to justify the charge.
Call 999 or go to A&E — do not book an online appointment and do not wait for a reply to an email. For urgent problems that are not emergencies, NHS 111 is available 24 hours a day, online or by phone, and can direct you to the right service.
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