Figures from the Office of National Statistics show an increase in teenage pregnancy rates from 40.9 conceptions per 1,000 15 to 17 year olds in 2006 to 41.9 per 1,000 for 2007.

The extra funds will be used to support the teenage pregnancy strategy, with 7 million assigned to raising the awareness of long acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs).

10 million will be invested in local health services to ensure contraception Read more »

It is designed to deal with enquiries about emergency contraception, missed contraceptive pills, dislodged contraceptive devices, interactions with other medicines or failed contraceptives.

The new tool takes the protocols used by NHS Direct call centre nurses to assess patients’ concerns over the telephone and adapts them for a web audience.

A series of questions are asked and the advice given depends naturally on Read more »