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Linknet-Blogs.com features a number of marketing blogs in specific areas of interest such as Marketing, Travel, Health, Business Opportunities, Product Features, Golf, Real Estate. Advertise with Linknet-Blogs.com. Get links and create a powerful online presence. Scottish National Health Service Restricts Condom DistributionMay 25, 2006 - Linknet Health News Durex condoms online. Low prices, largest selection of durex condoms and all kinds of condoms. Best Acne Treatment - Discover the real secret to controlling Acne. Natural Health Network - supplements Vitamins, Vitanet, Herbs, Nutrition - Recent news and discussion about the upcoming vitamins and herbs on today's market. Scottish National Health Service Restricts Condom Distribution - The National Health Service (NHS) Lothian in Scotland has decided to allow only paid staff to dispense condoms and other contraceptives to under-16s. This ruling comes in spite of increases in teenage pregnancies.The ruling has come about because of criticism the organization has taken over having "untrained" people dispense contraceptives. As in other countries around the world, critics claim that dispensing contraceptives to young people actually puts them at greater risk of pregnancy and STDs. Since the free centres run by the organization do not have enough paid staff to handle all the requests, they must rely on volunteers. These volunteers will no longer be able to dispense condoms and other contraceptives. According to some health workers this will have the opposite effect from what the critics intend. "The unfortunate consequences of this decision are that youngsters who have had the good sense to go and get some advice are being turned away." John Arthur, manager of Edinburgh-based Crew 2000, the busiest of 65 free condom and sexual health centres in the Lothians, said they had been forced to turn many young people away because of the "no volunteers" rule. He said: "We don't have enough full-time staff to run the centre and we rely heavily on volunteers. "Young people have to pluck up a lot of courage to come in the first place and making a service like ours less accessible will have a major effect." The decision was also condemned by The Family Planning Association in Scotland. Director Tim Street said it was a "great shame" that child protection issues were making it more difficult to put the message across to young people. The official NHS Lothian position, voiced by Dr Alison McCallum, director of public health at NHS Lothian, is that the move will help ensure the safety of under-16s in relation to child protection issues.
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