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Written question asked by Baroness Gould of Potternewton (Labour) on Wednesday, 14 December 2016, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Friday, 30 December 2016. It was answered by Lord Prior of Brampton (Conservative) on Tuesday, 20 December 2016 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Sexual and Reproductive Health

Question

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many patients resident in the devolved administrations accessed sexual health services in England in the last three years for which figures are available; and what was the estimated cost to NHS England of the provision of those services in each of those years.

Answer

Data have been provided on the number of contacts with Sexual and Reproductive Health Services in England, from residents of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland for the last two years (2014-15 and 2015-16). Data are not available prior to this, as location of patient residence was not submitted by all providers.

NHS England does not hold data on the costs associated with these contacts. Attendances at genito-urinary medicine (GUM) services is collected separately through the GUMCAD data set. Data are not published in the format requested.

Contacts with Sexual and Reproductive Health Services in England, from residents of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.1

2014-2015 and 2015-2016

Country of residence

Year

2014-15

2015-16

Northern Ireland

3

43

Scotland

152

254

Wales

2,362

2,049

Total

2,517

2,346

1. The quality of this data is dependent on the location of residence submitted by providers.

Source: Sexual and Reproductive Health Activity Dataset, NHS Digital.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL4116
Session
2016-17
Subjects
Costs Out of area treatment Sexual and reproductive health
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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