A 15-year-old girl attends alone requesting the oral contraceptive pill. She understands the risks and benefits and wishes this to remain confidential...

Question

A 15-year-old girl attends alone requesting the oral contraceptive pill. She understands the risks and benefits and wishes this to remain confidential from her parents. She has no safeguarding red flags. What is the most appropriate response?

Accepted Answer

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

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Refuse and insist on parental consent because she is under 16

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Tell her you must inform her parents regardless of competence

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Agree to prescribe but also contact her parents without telling her

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Refuse to see her alone

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

A 15-year-old girl attends alone requesting the oral contraceptive pill. She understands the risks and benefits and wishes this to remain confidential from her parents. She has no safeguarding red flags. What is the most appropriate response?