The Clinical Effectiveness Unit (CEU) provides an enquiry service for Faculty members. The service can summarise the available evidence and guidance in relation to a particular condition or method. The CEU’s response may be used along with clinical judgement to guide clinical practice or policy. The enquiry service cannot provide clinical advice on complex individual cases.

An extensive database of enquiries, guidance and other evidence-based information can be found using the new search engine below. Please refer to the following documents and try searching the database before submitting an enquiry to the CEU. The CEU may decline to answer enquiries if the answer is readily available from these resources.

• The UK Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use
• The British National Formulary
• The UK Selected Practice Recommendations for Contraceptive Use
• Guidance Document produced by the CEU
• Summary of Product Characteristics located on the electronic Medicine Compendium (www.emc.medicines.org.uk)