Women at risk of having unplanned pregnancies due to NHS cuts leaving them unable to access contraception

Exclusive: ‘Fewer GP services are fitting coils and implants because the current system is not financially sustainable. This is bad for women, bad for GPs, and bad for the NHS,’ chair of Primary Care Women’s Health Forum says

The report found GPs in England are being forced into shutting services and warn the service is totally unsustainable (iStock)

NHS cuts are leaving women unable to access the most effective forms of contraception and placing them at risk of having unplanned pregnancies, a study has found.

The report, shared exclusively with The Independent, found GPs in England are being forced into shutting services and warn the service is totally unsustainable.

Primary Care Women’s Health Forum, which conducted the study, said this was the result of women’s health funding being axed by cuts and healthcare professionals struggling to access training which teaches them how to deliver long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) such as coils or implants.