Collection

STIs: surveillance, data, screening and management

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

Published 31 July 2014
Last updated 5 March 2019 — see all updates

• From: Public Health England

Public Health England (PHE) 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. PHE 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

PHE: protection of personal information and data.

1. Sexual and reproductive health: Spend and Outcome Tool (SPOT)
   • 25 January 2018
   • Guidance
2. Sexual and reproductive health in England: local and national data
   • 22 January 2019
   • Guidance
3. Chlamydia: guidance on reporting in CTAD and GUMCADv2
   • 26 February 2016
   • Guidance
4. GUMCADv2: data request form
   • 29 September 2009
   • Form
5. CTAD: data request form
   • 2 April 2013
   • Form

Epidemiology

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

Gonococcal resistance to antimicrobials surveillance programme (GRASP)

GUMCAD reporting tools: HIV & STI Web Portal

1. Sexually transmitted infections (STIs): annual data tables
   • 23 October 2019
   • Official Statistics
2. National chlamydia screening programme (NCSP): data tables
   • 10 July 2019
   • Official Statistics
3. HIV and STI: data sharing policy
   • 23 July 2009
   • Guidance

Regional reports

1. Sexually transmitted infections: London data
   • 19 August 2019
   • Research and analysis
2. Sexually transmitted infections: north-east data
   • 6 September 2019
   • Research and analysis
3. Sexually transmitted infections: south-east data
   • 19 August 2019
   • Research and analysis
4. Sexually transmitted infections: north-west data
   • 20 September 2019
   • Research and analysis
5. Sexually transmitted infections: south-west data
   • 27 September 2018
   • Research and analysis
6. Sexually transmitted infections: Yorkshire and Humber data
   • 30 September 2019
   • Guidance
7. Sexually transmitted infections: East Midlands data
   • 7 October 2019
   • Research and analysis
8. Sexually transmitted infections: East of England data
   • 23 October 2019
   • Research and analysis
9. Sexually transmitted infections: West Midlands data
   • 22 July 2019
   • Research and analysis

Management

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

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

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

Published 31 July 2014
Last updated 5 March 2019 + show all updates

1. 5 March 2019 Added 'Sexually transmitted infections: West Midlands data' to Regional reports section.
2. 25 January 2018 Added ‘Sexual and reproductive health: Spend and Outcome Tool (SPOT)’ guidance under ‘Data collection’ section.
3. 15 January 2018 Added Sexually transmitted infections in the Yorkshire and Humber: 2016 data.
4. 15 December 2017 Added 'Sexually transmitted infections: East Midlands data'.
5. 3 November 2017 Added ‘Doxycycline as post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) for STIs’.
6. 30 October 2017 Added 'Sexually transmitted infections: South East data'.
7. 23 October 2017 Added 'Sexually transmitted infections: North East data'.
8. 9 October 2017 Added 'Sexually transmitted infections: North West data'.
9. 4 October 2017 Added 'Sexually transmitted infections: East of England data'.
10. 19 September 2017 Added new report, 'Sexually transmitted infections: London data'.
11. 27 July 2017 Added new report, Sexually transmitted infections: South West data.
12. 6 January 2017 Added East Midlands 2015 data to epidemiology group.
13. 14 December 2016 Added 'Sexual and reproductive health in England: local and national data'.
14. 5 December 2016 Added Sexually transmitted infections: East of England 2015 data.
15. 14 November 2016 Added Sexually transmitted infections: North West 2015 data.
16. 15 September 2016 Added South East and London data for 2015.
17. 26 February 2016 Added ‘Chlamydia: guidance on reporting in CTAD and GUMCADv2’ under data collection.
18. 11 November 2015 Added London 2014 report to collection.
19. 31 July 2014 First published.