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Termination of Pregnancy

Checked: 04-04-2025 by Rob Adams Next Review: 04-04-2027

Overview

All aspects of abortion care should be delivered in a respectful, empathetic, and sensitive manner that is person-centred and recognises the pregnant person as the decision maker. Healthcare professionals should not allow their personal beliefs to delay access to abortion services (1).

The termination of pregnancy service in BNSSG is provided by the University Hospital Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) Pregnancy Advisory Service (PAS) in partnership with Marie Stopes International (MSI).

Patients requesting termination of pregnancy can self refer to this service.

Please refer to the BNSSG Pathway for Abortion Care (pdf doc) for full details.

There is further information in Abortion - Clinical Knowledge Summaries - NICE

Referral

Self-referral

Patients can call the Central Booking Line on 0345 8725435 to arrange an appointment or discuss their options.

Children aged under 16 should also use the above booking number but will only be seen for assessment at the PAS (Central Health Clinic) site. They will be referred for treatment at an NHS hospital as appropriate or in some exceptions to MSI or BPAS.

Details are available on the website https://www.uhbristol.nhs.uk/pregnancyadvisoryservice

Resources

References

(1) Abortion | Health topics A to Z | CKS | NICE

Resources for Patients:

Abortion - NHS - gives patients information on what an abortion is, how to prepare for it and what it involves.

Efforts are made to ensure the accuracy and agreement of these guidelines, including any content uploaded, referred to or linked to from the system. However, BNSSG ICB cannot guarantee this. This guidance does not override the individual responsibility of healthcare professionals to make decisions appropriate to the circumstances of the individual patient, in consultation with the patient and/or guardian or carer, in accordance with the mental capacity act, and informed by the summary of product characteristics of any drugs they are considering. Practitioners are required to perform their duties in accordance with the law and their regulators and nothing in this guidance should be interpreted in a way that would be inconsistent with compliance with those duties.

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