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Contraception for teenagers

Posted By craterjk48

"Contraception for teenagers"

About: Sexual Health Services - South Staffordshire (Open Clinic)

(as a parent/guardian),

Difficult to access this kind of service for my daughter, age 15.

After contacting a few GP practices to be told they only offer this service once a month and the local sexual health clinic has been shut down is ridiculous.

Fortunately found the Robert Peel offered a service but sadly during school hours so I had to take my daughter out of school to attend - which isn’t good as it’s her GCSE year and revision and schooling is essential.

However we attended and the service was outstanding, the nursing staff were absolutely fantastic, my daughter felt at ease and very comfortable. This service should be extended to more days, and out of school hours offered - the government seem to be promoting unwanted pregnancies as they are not helping the younger generation access a sensible service.

Also the morning after pill service is not easily obtained unless they seek help from a pharmacy at cost of £25 ! Again where are they expected to get this kind of money?

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Response from Andrew Garratt, Senior Administrator, South Staffordshire SHS & HIV Services, Inclusion 2 months ago
Andrew Garratt
Senior Administrator, South Staffordshire SHS & HIV Services,
Inclusion

Submitted on 27/02/2024 at 11:24
Published on Care Opinion at 11:24

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Hi Craterjk48,

My name is Andrew and I am a Senior Administrator for the Open Clinic and part of my role is to respond to Care Opinion feedback. I would firstly like to thank you for taking the time to submit your feedback which does mean a lot to our team and is an important contribution to learning and service improvement.

I am pleased that your daughter found the service outstanding and the nurses fantastic.

As a service we are aware that the current location for sexual health in Tamworth is not ideal and we are looking at other options, so I can only apologise for the current situation and we are hoping this is a temporary location. 🙂

Kind regards,

Andrew Garratt, Senior Administrator

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