Sexual Health Services
SERVICE GRADING – Green
Click the link to view the rating in full- LPC Evaluation Sexual Health Services 2023-24 Final
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Please find the service specifications below. Pharmacies across the county will be able to provide Emergency Hormone Contraception, Chlamydia Treatment and screening as part of the service. Pharmacies are no longer required to provide the C Card Scheme. However, if you would like to provide or continue to provide this useful service more information can be obtained from your service leads below.
*Please note all contracts and information are listed in the contract sign up section for each service on Pharmoutcomes*
If you have any questions, please email Admin.publichealthsuffolk@suffolk.gov.uk who will respond to your query promptly.
Please note there is a DBS requirement for these services, please see Declaration of Self Competence section below.
2023-24 Pharmacy Sexual Health Contract Extension Letter
2023-24 Sexual Health Services Specification
2023-24 PH Suffolk Pharmacy Terms and Conditions FINAL
Sign up to this contract should be done electronically via PharmOutcomes.
NEW PGD’s:
2023-03-01 PGD 015 Levonorgesterol Pharmacists Final V2 signed (1)
starts 1/3/23 expires 28/2/26
2023-03-01 PGD 019 Ulipristal Pharmacists Final Version 2 signed (1)
starts 1/3/23 expires 28/2/26
Important: In accordance with BASHH guidelines, updated September 2018, the first line treatment for Chlamydia is now Doxycycline.
A new PGD for the administration of Doxycycline for the treatment of chlamydia will come into effect from 1st April 2023.
All contractors wishing to provide this service should complete the following actions:
•Ensure that you have completed the Public Health Services Sexual Health Services 2023/24 – Contract Sign-up on PharmOutcomes.
•Read and sign the updated PGD for Doxycycline
Thank you for your continued support and patience.
If you have any questions about the delivery of this service, please do not hesitate to get in touch by emailing me on Julien.Hersh@suffolk.gov.uk
The PGD is available here:
Doxycycline Chlamydia Pharmacists Final V2 signed_ starts 1/4/23 expires 31/3/26
2021-09-22 SCC PGD 139 doxycycline chlamydia_Final signed starts 1/7/21 expires 31/3/23
The Chlamydia treatment pathway is available here: Chlamydia treatment pathway 2021 FINAL
For stock ordering please use order form on Pharmoutcomes.
Any other issues please contact SexualHealthSuffolk@tht.org.uk
For stock ordering please use order form on Pharmoutcomes.
Any other issues please contact SexualHealthSuffolk@tht.org.uk
The integrated contraception and sexual health service (iCaSH) now offer an online ‘Express Test’ which is a new and easy way to test for sexually transmitted infections without going into clinic. Patients simply order a screening kit online, it is sent to the home, and they return the kit in the free post packaging provided.
This can be accessed by visiting expresstest.icash.nhs.uk – and is smart phone friendly.
For enquiries relating to C-card, Chlamydia Screening kits and training for these please contact email SexualHealthSuffolk@tht.org.uk
For enquiries relating to PharmOutcomes, please contact Help – PharmOutcomes.
Please direct patients to www.icash.nhs.uk for further information.
To book on any of the FREE training sessions THT offers, please click on the link: Terrence Higgins Trust – Suffolk. Free training for professionals
Training sessions cover the following subjects: c-card, Homophobia, Working With Young People Around Sex and Relationships, HIV and How It Affects Me, The Influences of Pornography, Social Media and Sexting On Young People, Hepatitis, Only When I’m Ready – Supporting Young People In Delaying Early Sex, and Accessing Marginalised Communities
Please direct patients to www.icash.nhs.uk for further information.
Free self-sampling HIV test kits are available here –hiv-testing, low-cost-and-free-hiv-self-test-kits
Public health service delivery is now well established in pharmacy. CPPE have a wide range of learning programmes and assessments for each of the services, which will help you assure and maintain your competence. The Declaration of competence (DoC) system has been developed to support you in assuring commissioners that you are service-ready and have the appropriate knowledge, skills and behaviours to deliver high-quality, consistent services. Many commissioners are now including the DoC system in their service specifications, service level agreements and patient group directions. For relevant services that require accreditation Public Health Suffolk will be using Declaration of Competence. PharmOutcomes automatically links with the CPPE database, once permission is given, to confirm your accreditation record and enables you to deliver services. declaration-of-competence
Declaration of competence fact sheet
Narrative for pharmacy professionals DOC Jan 2022_final
All Pharmacists Providing Sexual Health Services Must Have a Valid DBS Certificate
Suffolk County Council (SCC) is responsible for safeguarding vulnerable children and adults and is committed to making sure that all of its staff, and staff who work for commissioned services, are suitably qualified to work with people of all ages. More specifically, pharmacists who provide commissioned sexual health services (i.e. emergency hormonal contraception and chlamydia treatment) must have a valid enhanced DBS check according to the terms set out in their contracts.
PharmOutcomes has been updated so that when logging on to provide these services, there will be a section to complete to indicate if the pharmacist has a valid DBS check. If the pharmacist can comply immediately, the certificate number and expiry can be entered into PharmOutcomes. If the pharmacist does not have a valid check, they will have to obtain a DBS certificate before they can provide commissioned sexual health services.
If you require any further information then please contact info@suffolklpc.org.uk.
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