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Reproductive Health Townscape

• Commissioning reproductive health services

  Commissioning reproductive health services.

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  • Collaborate with NHS providers and CCGs to develop and implement a model of integrated commissioning to remove barriers to care, maximise choice, and address women’s reproductive health needs across the life-course
    • Increase online availability of contraception and pregnancy testing
    • A guide to whole system commissioning for sexual health, reproductive health and HIV (PDF)
• Data to support contraception and preconception care initiatives

  Data to support contraception and preconception care initiatives.

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  • Analyse local data, demographics and population data to understand what a locally sensitive preconception health strategy might address, and to ensure JSNAs explicitly reference preconception care and contraception, ensuring a focus on inequalities
    • Use the PHE fingertips tool to understand population need and outcomes
    • Use the ‘Health of women before and during pregnancy: demographic and risk factor investigation tool’ developed by Public Health England (XLSM Office file)
• Systematic approach to promoting and providing contraception and preconception care

  Systematic approach to promoting and providing contraception and preconception care.

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  • Develop a systematic approach to promote preconception care across the community using available government resources
    • Preconception care: making the case
  • Use the teenage pregnancy prevention framework in work to address the needs of young people in relation to contraception and preconception care
    • Teenage pregnancy prevention framework
• Briefings for councillors

  Briefings for councillors.

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  • Ensure briefings on teenage pregnancy and RSHE are available for councillors
    • Good progress but more to do: teenage pregnancy and young parents
    • Resources for councillors on supporting Relationship Sex Education (RSE)