A TOTAL of £30,000 has been given to the primary care trust covering the Scarborough, Whitby and Ryedale area to help combat teenage pregnancies.
The trust says Scarborough has the highest teenage pregnancy rates in North Yorkshire at 32 per cent of girls under 18. This is compared to the county average of 15.3 per cent.
Liz White, the trust's health promotion advisor, said the money would be used to improve access to services for young people.
One of the plans is to extend a pilot scheme that allows the 19 community pharmacists in the area to offer emergency hormonal contraception - the "morning-after" pill - free to those under 20.
There are also plans to spend money on a young mothers-to-be scheme and to target sexual health messages at boys and men.
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