Sexual health

The pharmacy regulator has advised that pharmacy teams carry out a “robust” assessment before supplying finasteride – a hair-loss drug with psychiatric and sexual health risks.

The government has warned that new antibiotic-resistant gonorrhoea cases are on the rise, with some that are "extensively drug-resistant”.

A bill proposing “safe access zones” around places providing abortions has been backed by Scottish MSPs though its first stage and could be expanded to include pharmacies, the Scottish government has revealed.  

A patient alert card is set to be issued for a “widespread” hair loss drug amid psychiatric and sexual health risks, the MHRA has announced.

Oral emergency contraception should be a general sales list (GSL) medicine, a prominent sexual and reproductive health coalition has demanded.

In an exclusive opinion piece for C+D, pharmacy minister Andrea Leadsom thanks community pharmacists for their efforts in making the transition to Pharmacy First as smooth as possible

What do you know about the reasons for male infertility and the various management options available?

Emergency contraception is now available to people of all ages from pharmacies in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly as of this month, the local council has announced.

Combining levonorgestrel and piroxicam is more effective at preventing pregnancy than taking levonorgestrel alone, a new study has suggested.

Community Pharmacy Tees Valley’s sexual health training programme bagged a coveted trophy at the C+D Awards 2022