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Update your RDS mobile app to v4.7.2 to download toolkits even when website is down.

We are pleased to advise that deep linking capability, enabling users to directly download individual mobile toolkits, has now been released on the RDS mobile app. You will see that each toolkit has a small QR code icon in the header area beside the search icon – see screenshot below. Clicking on this icon will open up a window with a full-size QR code and the alternative of a short URL for sharing with users. Instructions are provided.

You may need to actively update to the latest release - RDS app version 4.7.1 - to see this improvement.

Updating to this latest version of the RDS app is also strongly recommended to get the full benefits of the new resilience  arrangements – specifically, that if the RDS website should fail, you will still be able to download new mobile app toolkits. To check your current RDS version, click on the three dots bottom right of the RDS app screen. This takes you to a “More” page where you will see the version number.  To install latest updates:

On iPhones – go to the Apple store, click on your profile icon top right, scroll down to see the apps waiting to be updated and update the RDS app.

On Android phones – these can vary, but try going to the Google Play store, click on your profile icon top right, click on “Manage apps and device”, select and update the RDS app.

Please get in touch with ann.wales3@nhs.scot with any questions.

Criteria for Reasonably Excluding Pregnancy

Healthcare practitioners can be reasonably certain that an individual is not currently pregnant if any
one or more of the following criteria are met and there are no symptoms or signs of pregnancy:

  • They have not had intercourse since the start of their last normal (natural) menstrual period, since
    childbirth, abortion, miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy or uterine evacuation for gestational
    trophoblastic disease.
  • They have been correctly and consistently using a reliable method of contraception. (For the
    purposes of being reasonably certain that an individual is not currently pregnant, barrier methods of contraception can be considered reliable providing that they have been used consistently and
    correctly for every episode of intercourse.)
  • They are within the first 5 days of the onset of a normal (natural) menstrual period.
  • They are less than 21 days postpartum (non-breastfeeding individuals).
  • They are fully breastfeeding, amenorrhoeic and less than 6 months’ postpartum.
  • They are within the first 5 days after abortion, miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy or uterine
    evacuation for gestational trophoblastic disease.
  • They have not had intercourse for >21 days and have a negative high-sensitivity urine pregnancy test (able to detect human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG) levels around 20 mIU/ml).

Editorial Information

Author(s): West of Scotland Managed clinical Network for Sexual Health Clinical Guidelines Group .

Approved By: West of Scotland Managed clinical Network for Sexual Health