{"id":70,"date":"2024-05-16T18:51:11","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T17:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-ggc\/nhs-borders\/public-health-service-bridging-contraception\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T14:09:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T14:09:53","slug":"public-health-service-bridging-contraception","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-ggc\/pages\/public-health-service-bridging-contraception\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Health Service &#8211; Bridging Contraception"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Community Pharmacists are able to provide a 3 month supply of Desogestrel under PGD which is a progestogen-only pill for contraception sometimes called the mini pill.&nbsp; This can be done either following an EHC consultation or as a standalone temporary supply at a patient&#8217;s request.&nbsp; Please be aware that many Desogestrel products contain soyabean oil and should be avoided in patients with a soya allergy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PGD Progesterone Only Oral Contraception v2 &#8211; exp Sep 2027 can be found&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-ggc\/pages\/patient-group-directions-pgds\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"64\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-ggc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/PCAP2024-30-Updated-Service-Docs-EHC-BC.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-ggc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/PCAP2024-30-Updated-Service-Docs-EHC-BC.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NHS Circular: PCA(P)(2024) 30 &#8211; Updated Service Documentation for Emergency &amp; Bridging Contraception<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-ggc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/Assessment-Form-v1-Sep-24.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-ggc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/Assessment-Form-v1-Sep-24.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Patient Assessment Form v1 (September 2024)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-ggc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/Bridging-Contraception-GP-Notif.-Form-v2-Sep-24.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-ggc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/Bridging-Contraception-GP-Notif.-Form-v2-Sep-24.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GP Notification Form v2 (September 2024)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-ggc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/Bridging-Contraception-Additional-Guidance-v1-Sep-24.pdf\" data-type=\"attachment\" data-id=\"1211\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Additional Guidance v1 (September 2024)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/media\/6092\/pca2021-p-12-addition-to-bridging-contraception.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NHS Circular: PCA(P)(2021) 12 &#8211; Public Health Service &#8211; Addition of bridging contraception<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Responsible Person: Rachel Bruce\/Nathan Burley<br>Last Updated: 19\/11\/24<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"nhsuk-card__description\">Community Pharmacists are able to provide a 3 month supply of Desogestrel under PGD which is a progestogen-only pill for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":15,"menu_order":30,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-70","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-ggc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-ggc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-ggc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-ggc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-ggc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-ggc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2385,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-ggc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70\/revisions\/2385"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-ggc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-ggc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}