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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Nicola Davis Science correspondent

Morning-after pill to be offered without charge at pharmacies in England

A woman reaches up to a shelf in a pharmacy
While the morning-after pill is available for nothing from most GP surgeries and sexual health clinics, some pharmacies charge up to £30 for the medication. Photograph: Julien Behal/PA

The morning-after pill will be available without charge on the NHS at pharmacies in England, the government has announced in an effort to reduce the “postcode lottery” of free access to the emergency contraception.

The morning-after pill is one of two forms of emergency contraception that women can use after having unprotected sex, or where other forms of contraception have failed. The sooner that emergency contraception is used, the more effective it is.

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