Agenda item

Sexual Health Needs Assessment (HWB.04.06.2019/8)

Minutes:

The Board received a presentation and considered a report highlighting recommendations from the Sexual Health Needs Assessment and Service Review, the challenges it provided and the future direction of the service.

 

The Board noted in particular that whilst improvements had been made in some areas greater emphasis was required in others most notably under 18’s contraception.

 

RESOLVED that the Health and Wellbeing Board:-

 

(i)        recognised the investment in a mandated sexual health offer that required a partnership approach and resource prioritisation based on evidence needs and intervention effectiveness;

 

(ii)       support evidence based interventions and amplify sexual health “truths” in relation to local investment (for example this was not solely a young people issue, just under 60% of people attending Level 3 service are aged 25 or over); and

 

(iii)      recognised amplify that choices would need to be made in 2019 in order to inform a new contract in 2020.

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