Pandemic pressure on NHS services has persuaded the Government that a return to in-person consultations with a health professional for early medical abortion in England should be delayed until the summer.
The last 5 years have seen a rapid rise in the use of electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (ePMA) systems across NHS trusts. But how safe are they?
New guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) now supports the use of four freehand needle-positioning devices to aid LATP, after economic modelling showed that LATP is likely to be a cost-effective use of NHS resources.