Any Qualified Provider (AQP) Termination of Pregnancy Services 2017 for Barking and Dagenham, Havering and Redbridge CCGs

Aims and objectives of service Aims To provide a consistent, effective, comprehensive, accessible, legal and appropriate abortion service to women and girls - as early as possible and in consideration of personal circumstances. To provide a quality service informed by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Guideline for the "Care of Women Requesting Induced Abortion" (the RCOG Guideline 2011), the MEDFASH standards for sexual health services and current best evidence. To provide a choice of abortion methods, clinically appropriate for the women's/girl's gestation and clinical circumstances. To ensure women and girls are effectively signposted in-line with the Care Act 2014 and the Children acts 1989, 2004 as well as Sexual Offences Act 2003, Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) act 2003 and Mandatory Reporting duty for FGM 31 Oct 2015. To ensure that risk of infection and other complications are minimised. To ensure that opportunities for contraceptive information and supply and sexual health screening are maximised. Objectives To offer high quality, impartial support and advice to all women and girls who request an abortion, regardless of age, ethnicity, language, disability, sexual orientation, religious or personal circumstances. To provide women and girls with access to an abortion as early as possible but procedures must be available up to the legal time limit. To provide a choice of abortion methods clinically appropriate for a woman's/girl's gestation and clinical and emotional circumstances. To improve the sexual health of women and girls through providing sexual health screening and treatment as appropriate for Chlamydia, other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and HIV. To provide information, advice and provision of the full range of effective contraception methods including Long Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC). To provide an assessment appointment within 5 days of referral (which shall be prioritised in the case of a woman/girl with a pregnancy at late gestation) and no later than14 days from referral.