The aims of this locally commissioned service (LCS) are to ensure that high-quality sexual healthcare is provided by practices to patients.

This service has the following objectives: 

• Increase the testing and diagnosis of sexual transmitted infections including chlamydia and HIV, HBV, HCV, gonorrhoea and syphilis, with an emphasis on identifying those at highest risk.
• Ensure high quality management and follow up of those found to have STIs.
• Provision of free condoms and pregnancy tests to patients in consultations.
• Develop systems to increase tailored, high quality, contraception follow-up of patients who have had abortions.
• Increase in number of GP practice staff that have attended primary care sexual health training.