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Sexual Health Services Draft Standards

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About the Draft Standards

This document introduces the NHS Quality Improvement Scotland (NHS QIS) draft standards for sexual health services.

These draft standards cover key elements of sexual health services:

  • Access to specialist sexual health service
  • Comprehensive provision of specialist sexual health services
  • Information provision 
  • Termination of pregnancy 
  • Partner notification 
  • Sexual healthcare for people living with HIV 
  • Male and female sterilisation 
  • Chlamydia testing 
  • Hepatitis B vaccination for men who have sex with men 
  • Intrauterine and implantable methods of contraception 
  • Appropriately trained staff providing sexual health services 
  • Service delivery consistent with national guidelines

When finalised, these standards will be used by NHS QIS to assess performance in the NHS boards throughout Scotland.

Additional information

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