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Patients at a London integrated sexual health clinic are concerned at redirection of contraceptive prescriptions
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  1. Lauren Bull,
  2. Rachael Jones,
  3. Michael Rayment,
  4. Charlotte Cohen
  1. Department of Genitourinary Medicine, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital Foundation Trust, London, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr Lauren Bull, Department of Genitourinary Medicine, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital Foundation Trust, London W6 7AL, UK; Lauren.bull{at}chelwest.nhs.uk

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The drive for integrated sexual and reproductive healthcare (SRH) services in the UK has greatly improved access for women, and has demonstrable benefits.1 2 Services are now under unprecedented strain, having been affected by large budget cuts in the face of increasing demand. Some local authorities have said that Level 3 (specialist) services should provide only the initial contraceptive prescription, thereafter redirecting women to either primary care or community pharmacies.

Our clinic is in inner London where local rates of sexually transmitted infections …

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