Abortion counselling may be amended faces reform

The Government will consider is planning to amend ing the existing protocols concerning counselling for women seeking abortion to ensure they get ‘independent’ advice. Charities and medics currently providing the...<<Read More>>

STIs down for first time in a decade

Figures from the Health Protection Agency show a small reduction in the number of sexually transmitted diseases recorded in the UK in 2010.Although the drop is just 1%, the HPA said the reversal of an upward trend seen throughout the 2000s is a significant change. Cases of chlamydia, genital...
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Abortion ruling disappoints campaigners

The law preventing women from choosing where to complete a medical abortion will stay as it is after a High Court ruling today – although the Health Secretary should be able to react to scientific advances to... <<Read More>>

MHRA confirms contraceptive implant failures

A health watchdog has said 584 women using a contraceptive implant became pregnant and more than 1,600 suffered adverse reactions. Some of the women using Implanon, which first became available in the UK in 1999, report... <<Read more>>

STD self testing kits handed out on Lincoln high street

Young people in Lincoln have been offered the chance to make use of self testing kits to help in the fight against the sexually transmitted disease, chlamydia.

Michele Presbury of NHS Lincolnshire told the BBC: "We are always looking for new ways to make it easier for young people to get tested for chlamydia...