BMJ 2008;336:299 (9 February), doi:10.1136/bmj.39483.656609.DB
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Government to press trusts to meet screening targets for chlamydia
Caroline White
1 London
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The Department of Health is to increase pressure on trusts that are not on course to meet the target of screening 15% of 15-24 year olds for chlamydia by the end of March this year.
Figures released by the Health Protection Agency last November showed that the best performing strategic health authority had only managed 2.5% by September 2007 (BMJ 2007;335:1010; doi: 10.1136/bmj.39398.715324.DB).
The latest figures, which are due to be released next week, are expected to show an improvement, but not sufficient to allay concerns about the target being missed.
Simon Barton, immediate past president of the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV, warned that non-compliant trusts would be put under considerable pressure to perform.
Speaking at a conference of the Royal College of General Practitioners in Birmingham last week, Sex in the Surgery, he said uptake for chlamydia testing was "appalling."
"Commissioners blame us, and we
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