Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his plans are for making pain relief available for women when having an intrauterine device insertion.
This is a clinical issue. The current guidance on intrauterine contraception from the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare does not recommend the routine use of pain relief for improving ease of insertion or reducing pain during insertion of intrauterine methods. Local anaesthetic can be used in some circumstances. The Faculty’s guidance is available at the following link:
https://www.fsrh.org/standards-and-guidance/documents/ceuguidanceintrauterinecontraception/