A 17-year-old girl attends her GP requesting the oral contraceptive pill. She does not want her parents to know and appears mature and well informed. ...

Question

A 17-year-old girl attends her GP requesting the oral contraceptive pill. She does not want her parents to know and appears mature and well informed. What is the most appropriate course of action?

Accepted Answer

Assess her competence and, if Gillick competent, provide contraception confidentially with appropriate counselling

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Refuse to prescribe unless a parent is present

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Inform her parents regardless of her wishes

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Prescribe contraception but insist she tells her parents

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Tell her to return when she is 18 years old

uk-plab-1 MCQ (SBA): Gillick competence and confidential contraception

A 17-year-old girl attends her GP requesting the oral contraceptive pill. She does not want her parents to know and appears mature and well informed. What is the most appropriate course of action?