New Long Acting Reversible Contraception guidance for certification of training

The Long-acting Reversible Contraception: Health Practitioner Training Principles and Standards and the Long-acting Reversible Contraception: Principles and Standards for Trainers were produced as a part of the Contraceptive Access and Equity initiative to reduce the disparity of contraceptive access between people on high and low incomes, and to ensure high quality provision of contraception.

As part of this initiative the Ministry of Health commissioned the development of new clinical guidance on contraception, a national contraception training programme, and now LARC training standards. The contraceptive guidance and LARC training standards provide guidance and tools to support best practice training and contraceptive care.

The first standards document the Long-acting Reversible Contraception: Principles and Standards for Trainers document provides health practitioners with detailed descriptions of the competencies, numbers of observed LARC procedures and training that health practitioners need to train to competence. The appendices provide useful tools to support best practice training. 

The second standards document the Long-acting Reversible Contraception: Principles and Standards for Trainers defines the standards, training and competencies required to become a LARC trainer.