Health written question – answered at on 27 June 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will make a statement on the progress of the review of sexual health services; what grants have been agreed to help relevant patients in (a) Redbridge and (b) Waltham Forest; and if she will make a statement.
The two-year national review of genito urinary medicine (GUM) services began in autumn 2004 and is proceeding according to a roll-out plan, which will ensure that all GUM clinics will be visited. The review is being undertaken on behalf of the Department by the Medical Foundation for AIDS and Sexual Health, who are working closely with sexual health leads in strategic health authorities. Visits to services have commenced in nine strategic health authority areas to date, including services commissioned by Redbridge and Waltham Forest Primary Care Trusts (PCTs).
£300 million new investment over three years has been committed nationally through the public health White Paper to improve sexual health, including £130 million capital and revenue to modernise services. This investment will be part of mainstream allocations and PCTs are responsible for deciding how this money will be used locally. In addition, the Department has provided funding to PCTs to develop services in areas where there is little or no sexual health provision. This includes Waltham Forest, where additional investment has been provided to establish six new clinics covering both specialist and community settings.
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