The manufacturers of nexplanon have released new guidelines for medical professionals, which have been adopted by Lothian Sexual Health services. This change in practice can be adopted as and when practitioners are confident and comfortable with the new recommended position.
Please read the information in the links below carefully to familiarise yourself with the approach.
Visit https://www.fsrh.org/news/update-on-nexplanon-insertion-site/ to read a statement about the update from fsrh.
Visit https://www.medicines.org.uk/emc/dhpc/1662/Document to read the updated guidelines.