Question

A 17-year-old girl attends your GP surgery requesting the combined oral contraceptive pill and does not wish her parents to be told. She understands the benefits and risks and can explain how to take the pill correctly. What is the most appropriate response?

Accepted Answer

Prescribe if she is judged Gillick competent and it is in her best interests, respecting confidentiality

Answer

Refuse to prescribe until a parent attends

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Tell her parents regardless because she is under 18

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Inform social services automatically

Answer

Prescribe only if she agrees to abstain from sexual intercourse

Practice question

A 17-year-old girl attends your GP surgery requesting the combined oral contraceptive pill and does not wish her parents to be told. She understands the benefits and risks and can explain how to take the pill correctly. What is the most appropriate response?