A 15-year-old girl attends your GP surgery alone requesting the combined oral contraceptive pill. She is in a consensual relationship with a 16-year-o...

Question

A 15-year-old girl attends your GP surgery alone requesting the combined oral contraceptive pill. She is in a consensual relationship with a 16-year-old boy and does not want her parents to know. She clearly understands the risks and benefits, and there are no safeguarding concerns. What is the most appropriate action?

Accepted Answer

Prescribe the pill after assessing competence and providing full counselling, without informing her parents.

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Refuse to prescribe until she attends with a parent or guardian.

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Inform social services because she is under 16 and sexually active.

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Inform her parents but proceed to prescribe the pill.

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Advise abstinence only and discharge her without contraception.

uk-plab-1 MCQ (SBA): Contraceptive counselling in under-16s