Contraception Made Easy, fourth edition - Laura Percy;Diana Mansour

Now comprehensively updated, this concise handbook continues to provide GPs, junior doctors in sexual and reproductive health, specialist and practice nurses, pharmacists, nurse practitioners, trainee gynaecologists and medical students, with all the latest practical guidance on the commonly used contraceptive methods:

• combined oral contraceptives (COCs), patches and vaginal rings

• progestogen-only pills (POPs), progestogen-only injectables and implants

• copper intrauterine devices (Cu-IUDs) and the levonorgestrel IUDs (LNG-IUDs)

• diaphragms, cervical caps, and male and female condoms

• natural fertility awareness

• emergency contraception

• male and female sterilization

This latest edition includes the updated 2025 UKMEC guidance, recent CoSRH statements, along with new material on:

• contraception for women taking GLP-1 and GIP receptor agonists and for transgender and non-binary people

• women living with HIV, including the use of PrEP and PEP

• STI testing

• the position on abortion in Northern Ireland and changes to the abortion law in England and Wales

Now comprehensively updated, this concise handbook provides everyone working in reproductive and sexual health in a primary care setting with all the latest practical guidance on the common contraceptive methods.



Includes the updated 2025 UKMEC guidance.