Collection

STIs: surveillance, data, screening and management

The surveillance and epidemiology of sexually transmitted infections (STIs).

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Published: 31 July 2014
• Last updated: 13 February 2020 — See all updates

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) collects data on sexual health services and sexually transmitted infections diagnosed in genito-urinary medicine (GUM) services and other clinical and community-based settings in England. UKHSA also collects data on all NHS and local council and NHS-commissioned chlamydia testing carried out in England.

More information on sexually transmitted infections (STIs) is available on NHS.UK.

Data collection

• GUMCADv2: data request form
  • 29 September 2009
  • Form
• CTAD: data request form
  • 2 April 2013
  • Form
• Chlamydia: guidance on reporting in CTAD and GUMCADv2
  • 26 February 2016
  • Guidance
• Sexual and reproductive health in England: local and national data
  • 22 January 2019
  • Guidance
• Sexual and reproductive health: Spend and Outcome Tool (SPOT)
  • 25 January 2018
  • Guidance
• Gonococcal resistance to antimicrobials surveillance programme (GRASP) protocol
  • 10 May 2023
  • Guidance

Epidemiology

Sexual and reproductive health profiles: interactive maps, charts and tables

GUMCAD reporting tools: HIV and STI Web Portal

• Sexually transmitted infections (STIs): annual data tables
  • 25 October 2023
  • Official Statistics
• National chlamydia screening programme (NCSP): data tables
  • 25 October 2023
  • Official Statistics
• HIV and STI: data sharing policy
  • 23 July 2009
  • Guidance
• HPV prevalence in sexually active young females in England
  • 22 January 2020
  • Research and analysis
• HPV vaccination uptake in men who have sex with men (MSM)
  • 18 March 2021
  • Research and analysis
• Gonococcal resistance to antimicrobials surveillance programme report
  • 20 November 2023
  • Research and analysis
• LGV infections: trends and epidemiology
  • 9 December 2020
  • Research and analysis

Regional reports

• Sexually transmitted infections: London data
  • 22 March 2023
  • Research and analysis
• Sexually transmitted infections: North East data
  • 22 June 2023
  • Research and analysis
• Sexually transmitted infections: South East data
  • 19 June 2023
  • Research and analysis
• Sexually transmitted infections: North West data
  • 30 May 2023
  • Research and analysis
• Sexually transmitted infections: South West data
  • 14 July 2023
  • Research and analysis
• Sexually transmitted infections: Yorkshire and Humber data
  • 22 June 2023
  • Guidance
• Sexually transmitted infections: East Midlands data
  • 1 September 2023
  • Research and analysis
• Sexually transmitted infections: East of England data
  • 30 June 2023
  • Research and analysis
• Sexually transmitted infections: West Midlands data
  • 1 September 2023
  • Research and analysis

Management

The British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) issues guidelines for the diagnosis, treatment and management of all sexually transmitted infections.

National chlamydia screening programme (NCSP): guidelines and resources.

• Commissioning local HIV sexual and reproductive health services
  • 27 February 2023
  • Guidance
• Sexually transmitted infections (STIs): managing outbreaks
  • 18 January 2018
  • Guidance
• Doxycycline as post-exposure prophylaxis for STIs: PHE response
  • 3 November 2017
  • Guidance
• Detection of gonorrhoea in England
  • 26 March 2021
  • Guidance
• Use of dual nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs) for chlamydia and gonorrhoea
  • 13 August 2014
  • Guidance

Published 31 July 2014
Last updated 13 February 2020 + show all updates

1. 13 February 2020

   Added ‘HPV vaccination uptake in men who have sex with men (MSM)’ under Epidemiology section.

2. 22 January 2020

   Added 'HPV prevalence in sexually active young females in England.'

3. 5 March 2019

   Added 'Sexually transmitted infections: West Midlands data' to Regional reports section.

4. 25 January 2018

   Added ‘Sexual and reproductive health: Spend and Outcome Tool (SPOT)’ guidance under ‘Data collection’ section.

5. 15 January 2018

   Added Sexually transmitted infections in the Yorkshire and Humber: 2016 data.

6. 15 December 2017

   Added 'Sexually transmitted infections: East Midlands data'.

7. 3 November 2017

   Added ‘Doxycycline as post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) for STIs’.

8. 30 October 2017

   Added 'Sexually transmitted infections: South East data'.

9. 23 October 2017

   Added 'Sexually transmitted infections: North East data'.

10. 9 October 2017

    Added 'Sexually transmitted infections: North West data'.

11. 4 October 2017

    Added 'Sexually transmitted infections: East of England data'.

12. 19 September 2017

    Added new report, 'Sexually transmitted infections: London data'.

13. 27 July 2017

    Added new report, Sexually transmitted infections: South West data.

14. 6 January 2017

    Added East Midlands 2015 data to epidemiology group.

15. 14 December 2016

    Added 'Sexual and reproductive health in England: local and national data'.

16. 5 December 2016

    Added Sexually transmitted infections: East of England 2015 data.

17. 14 November 2016

    Added Sexually transmitted infections: North West 2015 data.

18. 15 September 2016

    Added South East and London data for 2015.

19. 26 February 2016

    Added ‘Chlamydia: guidance on reporting in CTAD and GUMCADv2’ under data collection.

20. 11 November 2015

    Added London 2014 report to collection.

21. 31 July 2014

    First published.