Services Database Pharmacy Sexual Health Service (Halton Area)

2.1 Service aims and objectives – Tier 1 Provision

The aims of this service are to increase access and availability to sexual health services for local residents. By enhancing the availability of services in this way we hope to achieve our objectives of reducing the number of unwanted pregnancies, controlling the transmission of chlamydia and to contribute to the following indicators in the Public Health Outcomes Framework:

• Under 18 conceptions;
• Chlamydia diagnoses (15-24 year olds)
• Reduce late HIV diagnosis by facilitating community HIV postal testing

2.2. Scope of services – Community Pharmacy Provision – Tier 1 Provision

Commissioned services will provide:

Provision of emergency hormonal contraception (EHC) under a Patient Group Direction (see eligibility for application below);

Promotion of online Sexually Transmitted Infection screening services (postal test kits)