Contraception Resources

Courses and events

Below find courses and events resources from the College of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (CoSRH) on the topic of contraception. Unless otherwise indicated, payment is required to access these courses. 

CoSRH Courses:

• SRH Essentials for Primary Care (one-day course covering contraception and some STIs; not assessed; certificate of attendance)
• Letter of Competence Subdermal Implants Techniques Insertion and Removal (LoC SDI-IR) (formally assessed)
• Letter of Competence Subdermal Implants Techniques Insertion Only (LoC SDI-IO) (formally assessed)
• Letter of Competence Intrauterine Techniques (LoC IUT) (formally assessed)

eLearning

Below find eLearning resources from CoSRH, in partnership with eLearning for Healthcare (eLfH), the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG). Resources that are free to access are indicated. 

CoSRH: 

• CoSRH Bitesize: Emergency Contraception (quick video resources)^FREE
• CoSRH Bitesize: Resources on IUD removal (two videos to support training and best practice)^FREE
• e-SRH Module 3: Contraceptive Choices (knowledge test)^FREE
• e-SRH Module 4: Emergency Contraception (knowledge test)^FREE
• e-SRH Module 5: Contraception: Complications / side-effects (knowledge test)^FREE
• e-SRH Module 14: Additional Training in Sub-dermal Implants (SDIs) (knowledge test)^FREE
• e-SRH Module 15: Additional Training in Intrauterine Contraception (IUD) (knowledge test)^FREE
• Contraceptive Counselling Online Course^FREE

RCGP: 

• Five Minutes to Change your Practice: Tailored use of combined hormonal contraception (Sep 2025)^{FREE to RCGP Members}
• Five Minutes to Change your Practice: Drug interactions in contraception (Feb 2025)^FREE
• Five Minutes to Change your Practice: Recent changes in the use of intrauterine contraception (Sep 2024)^{FREE to RCGP Members}
• Combined Oral Contraception Podcast^FREE
• Contraception^{FREE to RCGP Members}
• Combined Hormonal Contraception^{FREE to RCGP Members}
• Use of Combined Oral Contraceptives and Risk of Venous Thromboembolism^{FREE to RCGP Members}

RCOG:

• Contraception (knowledge test)

Guidelines

Below find guideline resources from CoSRH, the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) on the topic of contraception.

CoSRH:

UK MEC

• UK Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use (UK MEC) (2025 update)^FREE

LONG-ACTING REVERSIBLE CONTRACEPTION

• CoSRH CEU Statement: Extension of Use of the Etonogestrel Implant (Nexplanon®) to 5 Years (May 2026)^FREE
• CoSRH CEU Statement: Benilexa and Levosert 52mg LNG-IUDs: extension of licence for contraception to 8 years (Aug 2024)^FREE
• CEU Statement: Extended use of all 52mg LNG-IUDs for up to Eight Years for Contraception (May 2024)^FREE
• Mirena 8 years contraception (Jan 2024)^FREE
• Guidance to Support Clinical Practice During Copper Intrauterine Device Shortages (Sep 2023)^FREE
• Intrauterine Contraception (Mar 2023; amended Jan 2025)^FREE
• Progestogen-only Injectable Contraception (Dec 2014, amended Jul 2023)^FREE
• Progestogen-only Implant (Feb 2021, amended Jul 2023)^FREE
• Pain Associated with Insertion of Intrauterine Contraception (June 2021)^FREE

USER-DEPENDENT CONTRACEPTION

• CoSRH CEU Statement: Meningioma and Progestogens (July 2026)^FREE
• Drospirenone 4mg Progestogen-only Pill (Slynd®) (Jan 2024)^FREE
• Combined Hormonal Contraception (Jan 2019, amended Oct 2023)^FREE
• Progestogen-only Pills (Aug 2022, amended Apr 2026)^FREE
• Barrier Methods Contraception and STI Prevention (Aug 2012. amended Oct 2015)^FREE
• Fertility Awareness Methods (June 2015)^FREE
• Emergency Contraception (Dec 2017, amended Apr 2026)^FREE

CONTRACEPTION IN SPECIFIC GROUPS

• Supporting Contraceptive Choices for Individuals Who Have or Have Had Breast Cancer (Nov 2023)^FREE
• Contraception after Pregnancy (Jan 2017; updated 2020)^FREE
• Overweight, Obesity and Contraception (April 2019)^FREE
• Contraceptive Choices for Young People (March 2010, amended Apr 2026)^FREE
• Contraception for Women over 40 (Aug 2017, amended May 2025)^FREE
• Contraceptive Choices for Women with Cardiac Disease (June 2014)^FREE
• Male and Female Sterilisation (Sep 2014)^FREE

CONSIDERATIONS WHEN STARTING OR CONTINUING CONTRACEPTION

• CoSRH Statement: Effect of Hormonal Contraception in Individuals with Anxiety and Mood (Affective) Disorders (Dec 25)^FREE
• CoSRH Statement: Response to study by Yonis et al. Stroke and myocardial infarction with contemporary hormonal contraception: real-world, nationwide, prospective cohort study (Feb 2025)^FREE 
• CoSRH Statement and Public Leaflet: Glucagon-like Peptide-1 (GLP-1) Agonists and Oral Contraception (Feb 2025)^FREE
• CoSRH Statement on Ulipristal and Breastfeeding (Jan 2025)^FREE
• CoSRH Response to New Study on Use of CHC and POC and Breast Cancer Risk (March 2023)^FREE
• Drug Interactions Between HIV Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) and Contraception (Feb 2023)^FREE
• Switching or Starting Methods of Contraception (Nov 2017, amended Apr 2023)
  
• Quick Starting Contraception (April 2017)^FREE
• Problematic Bleeding with Hormonal Contraception (July 2015)^FREE
• Drug Interactions with Hormonal Contraception (updated May 2022)^FREE
• UK Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use (UK MEC) Summary Sheets (2016, amended Sep 2019)^FREE

RCOG:

• Best Practice in Post-abortion Contraception (Sep 2022)
• Choosing Contraception around the Menopause (infographic; links to article)^FREE

NICE:

• Long-acting Reversible Contraception (CG30, Oct 2005, updated 2019)^FREE