About the London Sexual Health Programme
The London Sexual Health Programme is funded by London's 31 PCTs to improve the sexual health of Londoners through leading and strengthening Sexual Health Commissioning.
Projects to improve Sexual Health
Patient and Public Engagement (PPE) Toolkit 
Commissioned by the London Sexual health Programme (LSHP) in 2010, colleagues at LSBU have developed a comprehensive PPE toolkit for sexual and reproductive health services including an extensive list of best practice.
Chlamydia screening- London is top performing Region in England
The (LSHP) continues to support London PCTs who achieved 21.1% overall Chlamydia screening coverage in 2010-11, the highest screening coverage in England and major improvement from 2009-2010 screening coverage of 18.1%. Although this was based on 15 PCTs achieving (or over-) the target and still 16 PCTs did not meet the target.
Improving Sexual Health and access to Gentiourinary medicine services
The LSHP supported PCTs and Genito-Urinary Medicine clinics (GUMs) to maintain 48hr GUM access target- including support with DH National Sexual Health Support Team visits to Bexley, Bromley, Harrow, Sutton and Merton, Haringey and Enfield PCTs.
Improving HIV prevention in London- with a unique performance target
The LSHP supported PCTs to achieve the London HIV prevention performance target with commissioning best practice and learning sets so that over 60% achieved their trajectories.
Reducing teenage pregnancy
The LSHP and Government Offices of London Teenage Pregnancy Unit worked jointly to reduce under-18 conception rate and improve sexual health of young people in region. London having highest abortion rate at 27 per 1000 women aged 15-44 in 2008-09 as well as highest repeat abortion rate 31% aged under-25 and 19% aged-under19, LSHP created a working group to improve contraception provision and tackle high abortion rate.
News
Freedoms Shop
Buy top-quality branded condoms at incredibly low prices with fast and free delivery from the NHS
LSHP has a Twitter!
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Havens - Where is your line?
An innovative and powerful video tackling the issue of consent and sexual assault aimed at young people. Watch it here.
Update: 'Where is your line' won the Bronze Lion at the Cannes 2011 advertising awards: CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE AWARD
Tariff Work
The London Sexual Health programme was successful in getting £66k from the Department of Health sexual health policy team for development of the tariff work. London Sexual Health Programme have been working extensively with Pathway Analytics to develop this innovative new scheme. See our tariffs page for more information.
The Migrant Health Guide
The Migrant Health Guide (http://www.hpa.org.uk/MigrantHealthGuide/) is a free online resource provided by the Health Protection Agency. The guide has been developed in consultation with health professionals. It contains country-specific information about the prevalence of sexually transmitted infections and other health concerns, related to current UK guidance. Links to translated materials are also included where available.
The 2012 Gilead Fellowship Best Practice Sharing Event ‘ From Innovation to Implementation’ will take place from 09:00 to 17:00 on Wednesday 30 May at the Royal College of Physicians, London.
Please register online at http://www.ukifellowshipprogramme.com/bpse/2012 to attend the 2012 Best Practice Sharing Event.
Commissioning
Supporting World Class Commissioning of Sexual Health services- "Sex and Our City" report
London's first Sexual Health Service Mapping and Needs Assessment, "Sex and Our City", published in 2008 This is a vital tool to support all engaged in commissioning.
The LSHP levered in the Department of Health funding of £150,000 for "Sex and Our City", London's first Sexual Health Needs Assessment and Service Mapping which supports PCTs to develop and update their Joint Strategic Needs Assessment to support Sexual Health strategic planning and commissioning priorities. It is the most comprehensive analysis of Sexual Health needs and services in London. This is available on the London Health Observatory Website ( www.lho.org.uk ) with a web-access portal where profiles of Borough needs can be viewed. The report was launched by Baroness Gould, Chair of the Independent Advisory Group on Sexual Health and HIV, and Deputy Leader of the House of Lords, in December 2008 at House of Lords. Baroness Gould also kindly hosted the launch of the London commissioning guidelines on abortion at the House of Lords. The guidelines were supported as best practice by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologist group on Abortion.
Strengthening Sexual Health Commissioning
The LSHP led the commissioning of learning sets to develop London-wide best practice approaches GUM Payment by Result (PbR) implementation (multi-professional tariff guidance), Post-Exposure Prophylaxis for HIV following Sexual Exposure (PEPSE) clinical regimen and tariff, de-hosting approaches. London-wide specifications on GUM, contraceptive services and abortion services were also developed by the LSHP.
Commissioning Toolkit on HIV prevention
The 2009-10 London HIV prevention performance target- progress and commissioning toolkit was developed by the Health Protection Agency (HPA) and the LSHP for London Primary Care Trusts to improve achievement of the target for 09-10. Also, the London performance target work is showcased by the All Party Parliamentary Group on AIDS as unique and best practice at House of Commons to all SHAs in England. It is also highlighted in the Independent Advisory Group's Review of the National Sexual Health and HIV strategy.
Increasing access and uptake of contraception
The LSHP co-ordinated London's commissioning of the £1.3 million of DH allocation to NHS London to increase access to contraception. A stakeholder engagement seminar in July led to priorities for London-wide commissioning and over 20 innovative projects were funded. These included training for Primary Care, access to free condoms for all young Londoners, pilots that gave access to oral contraception in pharmacies and peer education targeting teenage parents.
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