Consults by text: alarm over latest online script service

But new start-up offering repeat scripts for the contraception pill says it will help women
Jocelyn Wright

Doctors are conducting consults with women entirely by text before writing repeat scripts for the contraceptive pill, under a new health start-up that has been described as offering a “fast-food” approach for reproductive care.

Part of a new start-up called Kin Fertility, the online service will give women access to 35 brands of the pill, including cyproterone pills such as Diane-35, which carry a higher VTE risk.