Workforce needs assessment to deliver patient access, provision and sustainability of Long-Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC) in primary care. Led by the PCWHS with support from Public Health England.

Authors: Mimi Ismail & Lesley Wylde

Women’s access to contraception is a right, yet our ability to continue offering one of the most efficient and cost-effective methods, that of LARC, is at risk. This report set out to identify the challenges to maintaining LARC services in primary care by conducting one-on-one interviews with providers and commissioners ‘on the ground’ in 6 different local authorities.

Goals of the project:

• To understand the barriers and facilitators to the delivery of LARC in primary care.
• To determine organisational, commissioning and workforce needs across a defined population footprint.
• To develop policy recommendations and provide an Integrated Care Systems/Primary Care Networks (ICS/PCN) tool to support development of an appropriate model to structure the workforce for LARC delivery within primary care.