Dr Anne Connolly, Chair of Primary Care Women's Health Forum (PCWHF), provided Patient Safety Learning with the following comment:
"There are concerns that women’s health will suffer - as usual women will tolerate their problems without seeking help or prioritising their needs.
One concern is the lack of access to contraception with Sexual health clinics becoming harder to access and not prioritising contraception and routine GP clinics/practice nurse clinics becoming hard to get appointments at - or being dealt with over the phone.
We have issued a guidance for our members on managing contraception remotely. We are developing an HRT version too and will share other resources as we find them or feel that we can make a difference. Rock my Menopause is a patient facing campaign and we have the support network through the Facebook page but also all the other resources for patients and clinicians to use."
PCWHF Resources
How to manage contraceptive provision without face to face consultations