Kent County Council awarded a contract to Amherst Medical Practice, Ash Surgery, Ashford Medical Partnership, Aylesham Medical Practice, Balmoral Surgery, Bearsted Medical Practice, Birchington Medical Centre, Borough Green Medical Practice, Bower Mo, and others for the fitting, monitoring, checking, and removal of intrauterine devices (IUDs), intrauterine systems (IUSs), and sub-dermal implants (SDIs), collectively known as long-acting reversible contraception (LARC), for contraceptive purposes only.
The service is to be provided in primary care settings across Kent, ensuring availability in each Kent geographical Primary Care Network area.
Providers must hold valid and up-to-date Letters of Competence (LoC) from the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (FSRH) for the procedures undertaken, or demonstrate suitability to pursue the professional activity, including the ability to achieve and maintain competence as specified by the FSRH, have appropriate treatment rooms and facilities as per FSRH latest clinical guidance, and manage patients with uncomplicated STIs through appropriately skilled healthcare professionals as defined by the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) standards.