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Sexual health consultations risen seven per cent
The number of consultations at sexual health services, both in clinic settings and online, increased by seven per cent between 2017 and 2018, a new report by Public Health England (PHE) has shown.
This is down to the rise STI diagnoses, which increased by five per cent in 2018 in compared to 2017.
In 2018, gonorrhoea diagnoses rose by 26% from 2017 (from 44,812 in to 56,259).
Cases of syphilis also increased and have more than doubled over the past decade (from 2,847 in 2009 to 7,541 in 2018).
Chlamydia remained the most commonly diagnosed STI, accounting for almost half of new STI diagnoses (218,095).
The report highlights that the HPV vaccination programme has led to a marked decline in genital warts diagnosis, which are caused by some strains of HPV that the vaccine protects against.
The rate of genital warts diagnoses among girls aged 15 to 17 years, most of whom would have been offered the quadrivalent HPVvaccine aged 12 to 13 years old, was 92% lower in 2018 compared to 2014.
A decline of 82% was seen in same aged heterosexual boys over this time period.
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