Sexual Health Needs Assessment for Staffordshire
There are four main public health measures, outlined in the Public Health Outcomes Framework 2019-2022, which the sexual health service, commissioned by the Local Authority (LA), support delivery against:
- Prescribing of long-acting reversible contraception
- Under 18 conceptions
- New STI Diagnoses
- People presenting with HIV at a late stage of infection
The purpose of a sexual health needs assessment is to understand what the local needs and demands are for sexual health services to help inform the re-commissioning of the Staffordshire sexual health service, which is being carried out in collaboration with Stoke-on-Trent City Council and Telford and Wrekin Council. The needs assessment describes:
- Population needs for Staffordshire
- Key sexual health data for Staffordshire and implications on commissioning intentions
- Service demand, including the impact of the coronavirus pandemic through the lens of stakeholders and service users
- Key findings
The main areas of concern that have been highlighted in the Staffordshire needs assessment are:
- Late diagnosis of HIV is high (although low numbers)
- STI diagnosis rates which are lower than the national average
- Chlamydia detection rate (screening required for all, regardless of need)
- High rates of teenage conception in Tamworth
- % of NHS abortions under 10 weeks
- Rural accessibility
- Limited prevention programme
- Disjointed pathways between services e.g genital dermatology, psychosexual, abortion services
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Staffordshire Sexual Needs Assessment - downloadable version (885 KB)