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With the rise and rise of STIs, sexual health services close to crisis, and gonorrhoea found to be on the rise in nearly every council area in England, what will you be wearing or taking this year ... at a time when antibiotics are failing?
In February 2024, the Guardian reported: "People are being hospitalised for sexual health conditions that are easily treatable in local clinics, experts have warned, with some council budgets being cut by up to two-thirds over 10 years. A Guardian analysis of English council spending on sexual health services found national cuts of more than a third since 2013, despite a rise in consultations for sexually transmitted infections (STIs). English councils spent £9.58 a head on sexual health services – including STI testing and treatment, contraception, and advice – in 2022-23, compared with £14.41 in 2013-14, after taking inflation into account. Every council area has had a real-term spending cut since 2014-15. Almost every council area has recorded a rise in gonorrhoea cases since 2017, and in 71% of areas, cases of syphilis have increased."
Hospital admissions for easily treatable STIs rise amid funding cuts in England | The Guardian | 26 Feb 2024
Sexually transmitted infections | GOV.UK
HIV in the United Kingdom | GOV.UK
2024
Hospital admissions for easily treatable STIs rise amid funding cuts in England | The Guardian | 26 Feb 2024
Sexual health clinics forced to ration free condoms as services 'close to crisis', experts warn | The Standard | 24 Jan 2024
Gonorrhoea found to be on rise in nearly every council area in England and Wales | The Guardian | 20 Jan 2024
STI surge: Sexual health services at breaking point due to rising demand | Local Government Association | 19 Jan 2024
Grindr Users Are Shunning Condoms – But Is Prep Enough? | HuffPost | 14 Jan 2024
2023
Why is Gen Z catching more STIs? It’s complicated | The Big Issue | 17 Dec 2023
Gonorrhoea and syphilis diagnoses are at their highest in decades – here’s what you need to know about these STIs | The Conversation | 9 Jun 2023
Gonorrhoea and syphilis STI diagnoses in England hit record levels, latest figures show | Sky News | 6 Jun 2023
Sexual health services at risk of breaking point: LGA responds to UKHSA statistics on new STI diagnoses | Local Government Association | 6 Jun 2023
Syphilis cases at highest level for 75 years in England last year | The Guardian | 6 Jun 2023
News articles and statistics: 2022-17
2022
Why I want to talk about STIs in the black community | BBC | 28 July 2022
2021
GPs urged not to test gay men for STI 'super bug' over fears it will become more antibiotic resistant | The Guardian | 16 Mar 2021
Number of LGV cases among gay men in England reach new highs and most cases among men who are HIV negative | nam aidsmap | 6 Jan 2021
2020
Almost one in ten HIV PrEP users report buying antibiotics for STI prevention, raising concerns over potential antibiotic resistance | nam aidsmap | 20 Nov 2020
Public Health England (PHE) shows the number of annual gonorrhoea diagnoses rose 26% between 2018 and 2019 (from 56,232 to 70,936). Increases in gonorrhoea were reported in:
- gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (MSM) from 26,864 to 33,853 (26% increase)
- heterosexual women from 14,167 to 17,826 (26% increase)
- heterosexual men from 13,036 to 15,253 (17% increase)
People urged to practise safer sex as gonorrhoea cases in England rise by 26% | GOV.UK | 2 Sep 2020
Research also found that the people most affected by STIs were gay men, who accounted for 75% of all syphilis and nearly 50% of gonorrhoea diagnoses in England. "The report looked into nearly half a million STI diagnoses in 2018 and found cases of gonorrhoea were up by 249% and syphilis up by 165% in the last ten years. "
Sexually transmitted infections: UK's sexual health 'not in good shape' | BBC News | 5 Feb 2020
2019
One million new STIs every day, says WHO | BBC News | 6 June 2019
People urged to practise safer sex after rise in STIs in England | Public Health England | 4 June 2019
Sex diseases on the rise in England | BBC News | 4 June 2019
2018
Truvada and the truth: is HIV prevention propelling the STI epidemic?
Several recent studies have linked PrEP with a modest rise in STIs. Traeger’s team analyzed eight studies with 4,400 participants and found that starting Truvada for prevention was associated with a 24% increase in such diagnoses. The US study presented in Amsterdam only found one statistically significant STI-related shift in the cohort: after men stopped PrEP, the diagnosis rate for rectal chlamydia or gonorrhea infections fell by 80%.
Truvada and the truth: is HIV prevention propelling the STI epidemic? | The Guardian | 21 Oct 2018
Record demand for sexual health services amid spending cuts | BBC 1 Sep 2018
Local councils Struggle to meet surge In demand for sexual health services amid government cuts | HuffPost | 1 Sep 2018
HIV and chronic HCV co-infection prevalence in England highest among MSM | Aidsmap | 15 August 2018
Patients being turned away from sexual health clinics, RCN says | The Guardian | 14 May 2018
'World's worst' super-gonorrhoea man cured | BBC News | 20 Apr 2018
2017
Fall in HIV among gay men could spell end for Britain's epidemic | The Guardian | 22 Jun 2017
Cases of syphilis hit highest level in England since 1949 | The Guardian | 6 Jun 2017
Should we worry about the effect of PrEP on STI rates? | National AIDS Trust | 29 Mar 2017
London clinics report dramatic drops in HIV incidence in gay men: PrEP, early testing and early ART likely to be key | ibase | 27 Feb 2017
New HIV infections in gay men have dropped by a third in England | New Scientist | 3 Feb 2017
Massive drop in London HIV rates may be due to internet drugs | New Scientist | 9 Jan 2017
