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Written question asked by Anne Milton (Conservative) on Thursday, 6 November 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 10 November 2008. It was answered by Baroness Primarolo (Labour) on Wednesday, 12 November 2008 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Screening

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many sexual health test screens were carried out in (a) 1997 and (b) 2008.
Answer

Data on sexual health screens are not available for 1997 as the sexual health screen codes have only been collected since 2003.The number of sexual health screens undertaken in genito-urinary medicine (GUM) clinics in England, by gender; for the years 2003 and 2007, (the latest date for which figures are available) are shown in the following table.

Number of sexual health screens
2003 2007
Male 300,926 491,444
Female 332,363 531,357
Total 633,289 1,022,801
Notes:
1. The data available from the KC60 statutory returns are for sexual health screens conducted in GUM clinics only. Sexual health screens conducted in other clinical settings, such as General Practice, are not recorded in the KC60 dataset.
2. The data available from the KC60 statutory returns are the number of sexual health screens performed, not the number of patients screened.
3. Data are by area of GUM clinic and not patients’ area of residence.
4. The information provided has been adjusted for missing clinic data.
Source:
Health Protection Agency, KC60 returns

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
482 c1204W; 234982
Session
2007-08
Subjects
Screening Sexually transmitted infections
Link
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