GPs' worries on pill sales
Almost half of GPs and quarter of pharmacists are opposed to the morning-after pill being available over the counter, a survey revealed yesterday.
The findings, published in the journal of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, reveal serious concerns about the safety of supplying the powerful emergency pill in high street chemists.
Since January it has been legal for all pharmacies to supply the morning after pill to girls over the age of 16 for £20.
A total of 541 family doctors and 256 pharmacists in London were questioned by family planning experts from the Margaret Pyke Centre Research Unit during the year-long survey.
Half replied to the written questionnaire and all but three GPs expressed at least one concern about people being able to buy the medication over the counter. A total of 45 per cent of family doctors were against this method of supply.
More than a third of doctors and 57 per cent of pharmacists thought it would lead to reduced use of routine contraception.
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