Contraception Update Training
for Primary Care Staff
📅 Duration: 3 hours (half-day)
🎓 Accreditation: ✅ CPD Accredited
👩⚕️ Audience: Practice Nurses, Advanced Nurse Practitioners, Prescribers, Primary Care Practitioners, Sexual Health Professionals and Healthcare Professionals involved in contraceptive care.
🏥 Format: Available live online or face-to-face at your organisation
👥 Group Size: Up to 10 delegates
LARC and Emergency Contraception Update
Course Details:
Effective contraceptive counselling and safer prescribing are essential within primary care, community and sexual health services. This practical course explores combined hormonal contraception, progesterone-only contraception, LARC methods, emergency contraception, UKMEC guidance and safer contraceptive decision-making in clinical practice.
Learners will develop confidence in assessing eligibility, managing common contraception challenges, recognising risks and supporting individuals to make informed choices about their reproductive health. The course also explores newer guidance around GLP-1 agonists, migraine, obesity, menopause and emergency contraception.
It is estimated that 60–70% of contraceptive care in the UK is delivered within general practice settings, meaning primary care teams play a vital role in supporting safer prescribing, reducing unplanned pregnancies and helping individuals make informed choices about their reproductive health.
Learning Outcomes – Sexual Health Update Training
By the end of this CPD-accredited course, participants will be able to:
- Understand current contraception guidance and UKMEC recommendations
- Identify the different types of hormonal and non-hormonal contraception
- Recognise the risks, benefits and contraindications of common contraceptive methods
- Develop confidence in providing safe contraceptive counselling and patient-centred discussions
- Understand the principles of emergency contraception and missed pill guidance
- Explore LARC methods, including implants, injectables and intrauterine contraception
- Recognise considerations relating to migraine, obesity, menopause and cardiovascular risk
- Understand newer guidance relating to GLP-1 agonists and contraception effectiveness
- Apply safer decision-making and documentation within contraceptive care
- Promote informed choice and safer reproductive healthcare within clinical practice
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Why Choose Hickby?
👩⚕️ Nurse-led expertise
Delivered by experienced Clinical Nurse Educators with real-world practice.
🎓 CPD accredited
Assurance that training meets national professional standards.
📖 Evidence-based
Aligned with NICE, RCN, and NMC guidance for safe, effective care.
“Very informative and engaging session. I feel much more confident when discussing and advising patients on contraception options.”
Practice Nurse
Primary Care Setting
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