Hospital only guidance

Pregnancy Prevention Programme (PPP)

All prescriptions for females of childbearing age should be endorsed with either "On PPP" or "Not PPP"

On PPP

• Prescriptions must be dispensed  and collected within 7 days of the date written on the script
• A maximum of 28 days can be supplied
• Where the time has passed a new prescription should be obtained from the clinic.

Not PPP

• Prescriptions can be dispensed as normal 
• No restriction on the quantity supplied (up to 2months given at a time)