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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rachel Hall

Access to contraception has got harder in England, top doctor says

Davina McCall
Regan was speaking as part of a Q&A with participants in Davina McCall’s new documentary, We Need to Talk About the Pill. Photograph: Tom Barnes/Channel 4

Women are finding it harder to access contraception than they did a decade ago, resulting in more unplanned pregnancies, the women’s health ambassador has said.

They have been discouraged by bad experiences, a confusingly disjointed system and long delays for procedures such as the coil or implant insertion, according to Prof Lesley Regan, a leading gynaecologist who was appointed women’s health ambassador for England last year.

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