Question

A 16-year-old girl attends her GP requesting the combined oral contraceptive pill. She does not want her parents to know. She understands the risks and benefits and can explain them back to you. What is the most appropriate course of action?

Accepted Answer

Prescribe the pill if she is assessed as competent and it is in her best interests, maintaining confidentiality

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Refuse to prescribe until her parents give consent

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Inform her parents regardless of her wishes

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Insist she attends with a parent at the next appointment

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Prescribe only condoms to avoid hormonal side effects

Practice question

A 16-year-old girl attends her GP requesting the combined oral contraceptive pill. She does not want her parents to know. She understands the risks and benefits and can explain them back to you. What is the most appropriate course of action?