Len Valley Practice offers free, confidential advice and information on contraception and sexual health.

Appointments can be used by women, men and young people (including those under 16 years of age).

The Doctors and Nurses will provide a range of services:

• advice about contraception
• combined oral contraception - the progestogen-only pill
• progestogen injections
• free emergency contraception
• advice about sexually transmitted diseases
• cervical screening
• unplanned pregnancy advice, pre-abortion and post-abortion counselling and referral
• pre-conception advice and fertility awareness information
• fitting and checking of caps, diaphragms and coils (IUD)
• Advice and insertion of the hormonal coil (Mirena – IUS) as well as the implant fitting and retrieval (Implanon)

We can also offer advice, counselling and referral regarding more permanent methods of contraception such as female sterilisation and vasectomy.

For more information, visit the Family Planning Association website.

We are able to offer all services which are currently available from the local Family Planning Clinics. We like to be as flexible as possible and accommodate your specific needs, and so would be grateful for any comments and suggestions about how we can improve these services to fit in with your needs. Please feel free to contact the Practice Manager with your comments or inform a member of the Healthcare team.