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

• GUMCAD data request form
  • 15 August 2024
  • Form
• CTAD data request form
  • 15 August 2024
  • Form
• Chlamydia: guidance on reporting in CTAD and GUMCADv2
  • 26 February 2016
  • Guidance
• Sexual and reproductive health in England: local and national data
  • 17 July 2024
  • 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
  • 10 June 2025
  • Official Statistics
• National chlamydia screening programme (NCSP): annual data
  • 3 June 2025
  • Official Statistics
• UKHSA HIV and STI data publication guidelines
  • 15 August 2024
  • 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
  • 10 January 2025
  • Research and analysis
• LGV infections: trends and epidemiology
  • 9 December 2020
  • Research and analysis

Regional reports

• Sexually transmitted infections: London data
  • 29 May 2025
  • Research and analysis
• Sexually transmitted infections: North East data
  • 9 January 2025
  • Research and analysis
• Sexually transmitted infections: South East data
  • 5 March 2024
  • Research and analysis
• Sexually transmitted infections: North West data
  • 5 March 2024
  • Research and analysis
• Sexually transmitted infections: South West data
  • 8 August 2024
  • Research and analysis
• Sexually transmitted infections: Yorkshire and Humber data
  • 1 October 2024
  • Guidance
• Sexually transmitted infections: East Midlands data
  • 1 September 2023
  • Research and analysis
• Sexually transmitted infections: East of England data
  • 28 March 2024
  • 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
  • 6 January 2025
  • Guidance
• Investigating and managing outbreaks of sexually transmitted infections (STIs)
  • 4 June 2024
  • 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.