# Pharmacy offer for sexual health, reproductive health and HIV

Source: https://www.keypedia.com/records/uk_mhra_guidance/uk-mhra/b9ed24bf-477d-4074-8ab1-f9848d1082db
Type: Guidance
Published: March 25, 2019

> This guidance outlines the strategic integration of primary and community pharmacy teams into sexual and reproductive health (SRH) and HIV service delivery within the UK healthcare framework. The initiative focuses on enhancing the capacity and capability of pharmacy staff to provide consistent, high-quality public health interventions. Key objectives include improving service delivery, expanding public access, and reducing health inequalities, which collectively aim to alleviate the burden on other specialized health sectors. While the document does not reference a specific company or individual inspection dates, it addresses the core issue of underutilized community pharmacy resources in managing public health workstreams. The regulatory framework operates through a commissioning model where local authorities specify the required skill sets and services based on regional health needs. Required actions for providers and commissioners include assessing local demand, ensuring pharmacies are properly embedded in HIV and SRH streams, and verifying that personnel possess the necessary competencies to deliver specified interventions. This roadmap ensures that pharmacy-led services are both tailored to the community and maintained at a high clinical standard.

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## Content

This resource discusses the capacity and capability of pharmacy teams, in both the primary and community sector, to provide consistent and high quality sexual and reproductive health services. It aims to help commissioners and providers further embed pharmacy into key sexual health ( SH ), reproductive health ( RH ) and HIV work streams to: improve delivery of sexual and reproductive health, and HIV services through pharmacies increase public access to sexual and reproductive health and HIV services help reduce inequalities within the community improve sexual health reduce the burden on other health services It is recognised that not all pharmacies will deliver all of the public health interventions discussed in this resource. Commissioners will commission services that are appropriate for local need and will specify the skill set required to deliver specified services.

## Attachments

- [The pharmacy offer for sexual health, reproductive health and HIV: a resource for commissioners and providers](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5c93ba6140f0b6340006f31b/Pharmacy_Offer_for_Sexual_Health.pdf)