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The government has launched a scheme that will see thousands of people benefit from improved HIV testing and treatment under a new action plan.
New evaluation of NHS England’s emergency department opt-out testing has identified thousands of people living unknowingly with bloodborne viruses.
Menopause advice will be added to free health checks to help millions of women get the care they need.
Challenges remain in reaching certain populations however.
Rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are highest in young people aged 15 to 24 years, with more than 350 diagnoses every day in this age group in 2024.
NHS and local authorities begin roll-out of world-first gonorrhoea vaccination programme across the country.
Syphilis cases in England continue to rise.
Government announces 29,000 extra bone scans will be delivered each year, helping with earlier diagnosis of illness such as osteoporosis.
More than 100,000 baby loss certificates have now been issued to parents who have lost a pregnancy, allowing them to formally recognise their loss.
Patients to benefit from new services thanks to funding deal agreed between the government and Community Pharmacy England.
Although numbers remain low, cases are being detected more frequently.
Over 20,000 self-testing and self-sampling kits will be made available to help end HIV transmissions by the end of the decade.
Local communities to receive funding for family and school nurses, sexual health clinics and other public health services.
The Health and Social Care Secretary made a statement to the House of Commons on puberty-suppressing hormones.
2024 annual report from Chief Medical Officer, Professor Chris Whitty, focusing on health in cities.
Existing emergency measures banning the sale and supply of puberty-suppressing hormones will be made indefinite, following official advice from medical experts.
The UK chief medical officers, chief nursing officers and chief midwifery officers have given advice on the importance of folic acid supplementation.
The continuation of the ban applies to the sale or supply of these drugs to under 18s not already taking them.
All parents who have experienced losing a pregnancy can apply for a certificate formally recognising their loss, the government has announced.
Latest data from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) also highlights that testing remains lower than before the COVID-19 pandemic.
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