{"id":1595,"date":"2025-12-10T14:45:54","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T14:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-highland\/pages\/pgds\/emergency-hormonal-contraception-ehc\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T13:52:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T12:52:44","slug":"emergency-hormonal-contraception-ehc","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-highland\/pages\/pgds\/emergency-hormonal-contraception-ehc\/","title":{"rendered":"Emergency Hormonal Contraception (EHC)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/media\/8969\/health-healthcare-improvement-directorate.pdf\">PCA (P) (2015) 20<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 Community Pharmacy: Public Health Service Emergency Hormonal Contraception (EHC) Updated Directions and Service Specification<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/media\/8968\/emergency_contraception_algorithm_nhs_highland-2.doc\">NHS Highland Emergency Contraception algorithm<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-highland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/Item-1b.-PGD_LNG_EC-1.pdf\" title=\"Item 1b. PGD_LNG_EC\" class=\"link-to-media\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-highland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/Item-1b.-PGD_LNG_EC-1.pdf\">Levonorgestrel V3<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-highland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/Item-1c.-PGD_LNG_EC_Appendix1-1.pdf\" title=\"Item 1c. PGD_LNG_EC_Appendix1\" class=\"link-to-media\">PGD_LNG_EC_Appendix1<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have been advised that the link on page 6 for <em>Responding to Rape and Sexual Assault in Community Pharmacies<\/em> is not working. Please use the link below to gain access to the module until the PGD has been updated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/learn.nes.nhs.scot\/88069\/pharmacy-cpd-resources\/pharmacy-services-essential-learning\/community-pharmacy\/disclosure-of-rape-or-sexual-assault-sarcs\">Disclosure of rape or sexual assault (SARCS) | Turas | Learn<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-highland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/Item-1d.-PGD_LNG_EC_Appendix2-1.pdf\" title=\"Item 1d. PGD_LNG_EC_Appendix2\" class=\"link-to-media\">PGD_LNG_EC_Appendix2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-highland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/Item-1e.-PGD_LNG_EC_Appendix4-1.pdf\" title=\"Item 1e. PGD_LNG_EC_Appendix4\" class=\"link-to-media\">PGD_LNG_EC_Appendix4<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-highland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/Item-1f.-PGD_LNG_EC_Appendix6-1.pdf\" title=\"Item 1f. PGD_LNG_EC_Appendix6\" class=\"link-to-media\">PGD_LNG_EC_Appendix6<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-highland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/Item-1.-PGD_UPA_EC.pdf\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-highland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/Item-1.-PGD_UPA_EC.pdf\" title=\"Item 1. PGD_UPA_EC\" class=\"link-to-media\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-highland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/Item-1g.-PGD_UPA_EC-1.pdf\" title=\"Item 1g. PGD_UPA_EC\" class=\"link-to-media\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-highland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/Item-1g.-PGD_UPA_EC-1.pdf\" title=\"Item 1g. PGD_UPA_EC\" class=\"link-to-media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-highland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/Item-1g.-PGD_UPA_EC-1.pdf\">Ulipristal Emergency Contraception V3<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-highland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/Item-1h.-PGD_UPA_EC_Appendix1-1.pdf\" title=\"Item 1h. PGD_UPA_EC_Appendix1\" class=\"link-to-media\"> PGD_UPA_EC_Appendix1<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-highland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/Item-1I.-PGD_UPA_EC_Appendix2-1.pdf\" title=\"Item 1I. PGD_UPA_EC_Appendix2\" class=\"link-to-media\">PGD_UPA_EC_Appendix2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-highland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/Item-1j.-PGD_UPA_EC_Appendix4-1.pdf\" title=\"Item 1j. PGD_UPA_EC_Appendix4\" class=\"link-to-media\"> PGD_UPA_EC_Appendix4<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-highland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/Item-1k.-PGD_UPA_EC_Appendix5-1.pdf\" title=\"Item 1k. PGD_UPA_EC_Appendix5\" class=\"link-to-media\">PGD_UPA_EC_Appendix5<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-highland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/PGD_POP_Bridging.pdf\">Desogestrel Hormonal Bridging Contraception<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please complete the form at the following link (found&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/e\/W74nqSN4Wv\">here<\/a>) to confirm with the health board that you have actioned and signed these PGD\u2019s. There is no longer a requirement to send a copy of the signed PGD to the health board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please still keep a copy for your own records<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"nhsuk-card__description\">PCA (P) (2015) 20&nbsp;\u2013 Community Pharmacy: Public Health Service Emergency Hormonal Contraception (EHC) Updated Directions and Service Specification NHS Highland [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"parent":53,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1595","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-highland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-highland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-highland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-highland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-highland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1595"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-highland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1595\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2113,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-highland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1595\/revisions\/2113"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-highland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-highland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}