Pharmacy Contraception Service
The PCS commenced on 24th April 2023, allowing the on-going supply of oral contraception (OC) from community pharmacies. On 1st December 2023, the service expanded to include both initiation and on-going supply of OC. From 29th October 2025, the service was further revised to include the addition of oral emergency contraception (EC), provision by pharmacy technicians and the addition of drospirenone to the progestogen only pill list.
See Community Pharmacy England’s (CPE’s) Pharmacy Contraception Service webpage here.
Read the CPE Briefing 017/25: Guidance on the Pharmacy Contraception Advanced Service here.
Download the service specification and Patient Group Directions here.
CPSY’s workplan aims to support contractors in improving the quality and delivery of their services through guidance materials, instructional videos, and other helpful tools.
As part of this workplan, CPSY also promotes advanced services to the public by providing a range of locally produced resources, including posters, social media content, and more (see links below).
Contractor Support
Contraception-pre-consultation-questionnaire
Yorkshire MESMAC – Weight loss injections and oral contraception: What you need to know
Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (FSRH) – Patient-information leaflet-GLP-1-agonists-and-contraception
Promoting the Service to the Public
Posters
Social Media
PCS Social Media Post – My-local-pharmacy
Instagram/Facebook Reels
You can find our Facebook and Instagram pages via the links below. We’d really appreciate it if you could like and share our posts to help us raise awareness of pharmacy services among the public.
If you would like copies of any of our reels to share on your own social media accounts, please email us at info@cpsy.org.uk. We can provide them either as they are or as editable versions, so you can add your pharmacy logo if you wish.
Resources to Support GP Practice
Pharmacy Contraception Service Toolkit
PCS-What-GPs-and-Sexual-health-clinics-need-to-know-infographic-September-2025
Please find below the escalation pathway for each area, to be used for any complex cases related to the Pharmacy Contraception Service.
Barnsley Sexual Health Service Escalation Pathway
Doncaster Sexual Health Service Escalation pathway
Rotherham Sexual Health Services (RSHS) Pharmacy Emergency Coil pathway
Please find linked below the safeguarding information for each area.